The Rights for Data
As we develop new applications and our computers gain new capabilities, what rights do our data include? Steve Jones explores a controversy with the Amazon Kindle.
2009-05-13
521 reads
Articles
The Rights for Data
As we develop new applications and our computers gain new capabilities, what rights do our data include? Steve Jones explores a controversy with the Amazon Kindle.
2009-05-13
509 reads
Mastering SQL Server Profiler - Part 3: Getting Started
This, the third installment of the "Becoming a Profiler Master" online training course, shows how to start, stop and control Profiler and how to save the traces.
2009-05-12
8,974 reads
Comparing Hardcoded functions, In-Line TVF's, and Scalar Functions
While perusing some of the threads on SQLServerCentral.com one of the questions that hit me was regarding the use of scalar functions in queries. In this particular case, in the column list of a SELECT statement. Did it make sense to encapsulate a routine...
2009-05-12
1,958 reads
Script a cube using Windows PowerShell and AMO
This installment of "Windows PowerShell and AMO" covers how to script a cube from a SQL Server Analysis Service instance to XMLA format file.
2009-05-12
1,985 reads
SQL Server Audit: Magic without a Wizard
In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduced SQL Server Audit. This is much better than anything we had before, and is likely to meet the needs of all but the largest, or most highly-regulated industries. SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition includes all of the features, whereas SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition only provides a subset. What is most attractive about it, is that it is easy to administer, as Thomas LaRock explains.
2009-05-12
2,638 reads
Take Care of Yourself
There are many ways to invest in yourself and Steve Jones reminds us of one in today's editorial.
2009-05-12
755 reads
Take Care of Yourself
There are many ways to invest in yourself and Steve Jones reminds us of one in today's editorial.
2009-05-12
502 reads
Take Care of Yourself
There are many ways to invest in yourself and Steve Jones reminds us of one in today's editorial.
2009-05-12
518 reads
Imaginative Auditing with Rollback (Undo) and RollForward (Redo) Part I
Using an audit table to rollback changes to data might be a nice addition to many applications. David McKinney's new series looks at how you can use this data for RollBack or RollForward.
2009-05-11
6,396 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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Symmetric Key Encryption
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