Month: December 2017

PLEASE, Please, please Stop Using Impersonation, TRUSTWORTHY, and Cross-DB Ownership Chaining

Solomon Rutzky10 Comments

Module Signing was introduced in SQL Server 2005, and yet people are still using Impersonation, TRUSTWORTHY, and Cross-DB Ownership Chaining. This needs to stop.

Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part B of 2: “Rabbit”)

Solomon Rutzky3 Comments

Who will win "Who's Collation is it Anyway?" Database Collation is ahead, but Column Collation isn't about to give up.

Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part A of 2: “Duck”)

Solomon Rutzky3 Comments

Microsoft says string literals not prefixed with "N" are converted to the Code Page of the Database OR referenced column. Is that true?