Catching Up On SQLOrlando
Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that long before the next one. My last post was about SQLSaturday Orlando 2023. Since then,...
2026-01-16 (first published: 2026-01-03)
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Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that long before the next one. My last post was about SQLSaturday Orlando 2023. Since then,...
2026-01-16 (first published: 2026-01-03)
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When you must rollback a deployment of changes, is that a failure of the process? The development effort? Or something else?
2025-10-08 (first published: 2014-03-04)
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Today we have a guest editorial where Andy Warren asks you if you know how to ask for things at work. Many IT works struggle to ask for resources, but read on to understand how Andy might help you get more done at your job.
2024-01-29
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How do you determine if you're at the top of your profession? Andy Warren has a few thoughts today.
2024-01-19
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Is there a reason to upgrade your SQL Server in place instead of building a new instance? Andy Warren has a few thoughts today on why this might be the right choice.
2023-12-20
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A lesson learned when trying to restore backups with standby. You can't upgrade versions.
2023-09-25
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Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Andy looks at the ways we can cope when we have been working too much.
2023-09-13 (first published: 2012-02-16)
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Most of us want more autonomy at work, but it isn't given out without effort. Today Andy Warren has a few thoughts on how to get more freedom from your boss.
2023-07-24
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Quick notes on the event this year: Overall a good event and now I have a few months until SQLSaturday in Orlando in October.
2023-07-21 (first published: 2023-07-06)
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The call for speakers is open! We’re always excited to have experienced and past speakers return (Rob Volk!), but if you’re a first time or relatively new speaker just...
2023-07-07
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By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers