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SQL Server 2016: Always Encrypted – part 2

In my last blog post about SQL Server 2016 Always Encrypted, here, I showed how to use this new functionality but also that you have to separate the different execution context with an Application server, a database server and(…)

Documentum Multiple ADTS: Switching rendition queue

As part of my previous posts about having 2 rendition servers for one docbase (see below), I’ll show you how to simply switch a rendition queue item to the other server – http://dbi-services.com/blog/documentum-multiple-adts-ratio-of-rendition-creations-between-instances-part-1/ –(…)

PostgreSQL as a central reporting hub? – Yes, of course

For every client we do projects for there usually are database systems from various vendors. In most places you at least find some Oracle and MS SQL Server databases. Probably somewhere there are even some MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL instance running.

Statspack Idle Events

By Franck Pachot . When you don't have Enterprise Edition + Diagnostic Pack, you cannot use AWR but you can, and should, install Statspack. Statspack is still there, but unfortunately do not evolve a lot. The most important section, the(…)

SQL Server 2016 – Query Store: retrieve query that doesn’t appear!

For our event SQL Server 2016 in September, I am studying the new functionality Query Store. My colleague David Barbarin have written few months ago about Query(…)

Trace Flag 4199 or not in SQL Server 2016?

Some Trace Flag like T1117 and T1118 are no more needed as you can read on David’s blog. But that’s not all, you have also the T4199… What’ does the Trace Flag T4199? This Trace Flag(…)

Swiss PGDAY 2016, Slides are online

Last Friday the Swiss PGDAY happened in Rapperswil. All the slides as well as some pictures are now availble (tab “Programm”): >(…)

Manage DDL inside SharePlex

By Mouhamadou Diaw In a precedent blog (http://dbi-services.com/blog/discovering-shareplex-for-oracle/) about SharePlex, we presented how to setup a replication between 2 environments. In this article we will try to see how SharePlex deals with replicating DDL statements. Before starting we(…)

Upgrading to 7.2 created a new ACS. How to remove it and test it?

I had this strange behavior that once upgraded from 6.7 to 7.2 a new ACS was created. I think it’s because the current ACS name didn’t fit the new ACS name pattern. Well it’s not a big issue to have(…)

SQL Server 2016: Always Encrypted

One of the top new features of SQL Server 2016 is the Always Encrypted functionality. Always Encrypted provides that data, store in a database, remains encrypted the all times there are in the database. There is a complete separation between(…)