New T-SQL commands in SQL Server 2012 – Part 1
Each version of SQL Server has brought incremental changes to Transact-SQL (T-SQL), making programmers’ jobs much easier and rolling in features that the SQL Server user community demands. SQL Server...
View ArticleNew T-SQL commands in SQL Server 2012 – part 2
I’d gladly accept a dime for every time I’ve heard an Oracle programmer say to a SQL Server programmer, “You’re just getting that feature now? Why, we Oracle users have had that for years!” Well,...
View ArticleHow to manage SQL 2012 with powershell
The graphical management tools provide just about everything you need to work with SQL Server. Still, there are many times when you might want to work from the command line, such as when you are...
View ArticleReasons to use Microsoft SQL Server 2012
The last three releases of SQL Server had unofficial labels, each based on the type of user that the most new features were geared toward. For example, SQL Server 2005 was considered a developer...
View ArticleHow to protect your SQL server from injection attack
A SQL injection attack continues to be one of the biggest threats to SQL Server. A database can be susceptible to such attacks if the database — or the front-end application it supports — contains code...
View ArticleHow to create and configure SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn
One of the better-known features in the release of SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition is AlwaysOn. This has been designed to meet the ever-increasing need for ‘High Availability’ (HA). AlwaysOn does...
View ArticleUnsed features in SQL Server 2012
After more than 25 years of working with Microsoft SQL Server, you’d think pretty much everything has been done at least once. I thought it would be a challenge to find anything surprising in a product...
View ArticleWhat you need to consider for SQL Security
Most of the time SQL server is a repository of sensitive information for organizations, and that is why it is important to ensure that only authorized users have access to this sensitive information....
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 contained database from A to Z
Of the many features introduced in SQL Server 2012, the SQL Server 2012 contained database could prove one of the most valuable. Unlike the typical SQL Server database, a SQL Server 2012 contained...
View ArticleTips to optimize Transact-SQL queries
SQL Server databases are the backbone of many enterprise applications, and good Transact-SQL (T-SQL) code is the best way to maximize SQL Server performance. Therefore, it is important for SQL...
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