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The Voice of the DBA
Kicking off SQL in the City 2018
I'm off today. Not taking a break, though perhaps it's a touch of a break. I'm actually in an airplane, heading to the UK for the first [2018 SQL in the City](. We'll be broadcasting this Wednesday, and you can still register and watch. Let your boss know that you can get some cheap training (it's free), refresh yourself away from work, and you'll appreciate the perk as a part of your job. Maybe you'll even get to watch from the comfort of home.
Grant and Kathi are already in the UK enjoying SQL Bits, but this year I've been trying to do less travel and coaching volleyball more. My team of 14 year olds had a tournament yesterday, so I was blowing whistles and giving (loud) advice in a high school gym. Today I've got a laptop on a plane and am making my way a third of the way around the world. I may get to watch a movie, but there will certainly be a little demo practice as well.
The theme for this SQL in the City broadcast is Data Privacy and Protection. GDPR will start being enforced this spring, and many people around the world with be affected. Those outside the EU might not be sure of the ramifications of the regulation, but I wouldn't be surprised if similar legislation gets passed in other countries. In any case, the idea of ensuring you can control and protect data, with an eye on designing privacy for users into the system, is a good idea.
You can read the [GDPR text](, but that's what many of us have done and tried to interpret it for you. We have a great piece at SQLServerCentral and our product teams have been working hard to ensure that our products will help you improve your compliance. Lots of other vendors are doing the same thing, either working to change their policies or enhance products. Microsoft has certainly spent a lot of effort getting ready, and I'm sure they're not along in their efforts.
We all want better security for our data. Many of us empathize with the customers and clients about whom we collect data and often wish our systems provided better security, controls, and options. Sometimes our management doesn't agree, but certainly they feel the impact if we suffer a data breach. This Wednesday we'll be talking about Redgate products specifically, but also including general knowledge and ideas that you might use within your organization.
[Register for the event]( and watch along on Wednesday. Ask questions and see how you can improve your data privacy. Most of our applications could use a little work on security, and we hope to help educate you on what you can do and how Redgate might be able to help.
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[Transaction Replication: Multiple Publishers, Single Subscriber](
Suresh Kumar from [SQLServerCentral.com]()
How to configure multiple publishers and single subscriber replication?[More »](Replication/167018/)
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[So what is a Data Privacy Impact Assessment and why should organizations care?](
If youâve read anything about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), youâll probably have seen the phrase Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA) used. This article explains exactly what it is, and outlines the four areas its expected to address.[More »](
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[How to Suck at Database Administration](
Additional Articles from [Brent Ozar Unlimited Blog](
Tara Kizer outlines 15 telltale signs that you aren't a very good senior DBA.[More »](
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From the SQLServerCentral Blogs - [Execute Multiple Files Using SQLCMD/SQLClient â Which Is Faster?](
Richie Lee from [SQLServerCentral Blogs](
Hello! Iâve been working on a PowerShell module that will migrate the schema of an Azure Data Warehouse from one database...[More »](
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From the SQLServerCentral Blogs - [Synonyms, how and why.](
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Did you know SQL Server has a thing called a synonym? Itâs not something you see used very often even...[More »](
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How would you optimize a query against JSON data query on a SQL Server 2016 instance?
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Yesterday's Question of the Day
Yesterday's Question (by Evgeny Garaev):
What would you get by executing this query:
with cnumbers as
(
select 1 as i
union
select i+1
from cnumbers
where i < 10
)
select i
from cnumbers;
Answer: The error - Recursive common table expression 'cnumbers' does not contain a top-level UNION ALL operator.
Explanation:
All anchor-member query definitions must be positioned before the first recursive member definition, and a UNION ALL operator must be used to join the last anchor member with the first recursive member.
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