Stéphane Haby

SQL Server 2016 – Security: Dynamic Data masking – Numeric Data Types

This blog is a part of the series "SQL Server 2016 - Security: Dynamic Data masking". I remember you my different logins used to connect to AdventureWorks: sql login u1(…)

SQL Server 2016 – Security: Dynamic Data masking

After my first blog on Security with Row level Security, I test the second Security new feature in the next version of SQL Server: Dynamic Data Masking. I presented(…)

How to be sure that tempdb size is good to run a DBCC CHECKDB?

In many blogs or forums, you can read that the answer is to use the option: WITH ESTIMATEONLY. With this option, you can easily have the space estimation needed to check the database in tempdb. But be careful, only since(…)

SSISDB is too big and it is not every time the retention period’s fault!

In all blogs that I read, the solution is just to change the retention period to a reasonable value. Yes, it is true but in some case you need to go deeper in the analysis… Like you, I(…)

Row Level Security (RLS) is also coming to MS SQL Server

Why “also” in my title? On 29 August, my colleague Daniel Westermann wrote an article about Row Level Security in the next version of PostgreSQL. Row Level(…)

SQL Server 2016: the Time Travel with temporal table – Part IV

Maintenance & Metadata My last chapter is about the maintenance backup/restore, index rebuild/reorg., etc. and the Metadata. I divide my article into 4 parts to be clearer and easier to read:(…)

SQL Server 2016: the Time Travel with temporal table – Part III

SELECT command In this article, I present the last command SELECT. I divide my article into 4 parts to be clearer and easier to read: Part I – Principle &(…)

SQL Server 2016: the Time Travel with temporal table – Part II

INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE commands After the introduction and the table creation, in this second part, I present the 3 important commands INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE. I divide my article into 4 parts to be clearer and easier to(…)

SQL Server 2016: the Time Travel with temporal table – Part I

Principle & Creation Microsoft create in SQL server 2016 a new feature temporal table, based on the latest edition of the SQL standard: SQL:2011. If you want read more about this standard, click here. I(…)

SQL Server, Integration Services and Package Versions

A lot of people ask me about the different versions of SQL Server Integration Services and packages. I create rapidly this little table to summarize it: With SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, the SSIS version(…)