If you’ve heard of NoSql, maybe you wonder what it is and how it compares to a traditional SQL database. Let’s take a look. SQL databases store well-structured data using known schemas. They require rigid adherence to a set of design principles, but provide amazing power if you can learn those principles and the associated […]
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Certificate Authentication in SQL Server
November 23rd, 2020 · No Comments · development, networking, security, sql, Sql Server
I sometimes see questions asking how to do certificate authentication in SQL Server. Contrary to what you may have heard, SQL Server does indeed have support for certificate authentication. It just looks a little different from how some other database products do it. Instead, SQL Server’s equivalent option is the Integrated Security feature. It works like this…
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The N Word
May 9th, 2014 · No Comments · sql, Sql Server
No, not that N word. I’m talking about N string literal prefixes in T-SQL. Like this: SELECT * FROM Foo WHERE Bar = N’Baz’ If you don’t know what that N is for, it tells Sql Server that your string literal is an nvarchar, rather than a varchar… that is, that the string literal may […]
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