Notes on SQLSaturday Orlando 2021
We held an in-person SQLSaturday here in Orlando last weekend (Oct 30th). We didn’t organize one last year, there was just too much risk and too much uncertainty, so...
2021-11-10
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We held an in-person SQLSaturday here in Orlando last weekend (Oct 30th). We didn’t organize one last year, there was just too much risk and too much uncertainty, so...
2021-11-10
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Just over 30 days until SQLSaturday Orlando and I’m using some vacation time today to catch up on event tasks. That’s deliberate on my part, I knew I was...
2021-09-28
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Just over 30 days until SQLSaturday Orlando and I’m using some vacation time today to catch up on event tasks. That’s deliberate on my part, I knew I was...
2021-09-28
Today we have a guest editorial that asks how one might want to manage all those logging metrics produced by applications.
2021-08-25 (first published: 2016-09-06)
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We’ve opened up registration and the call for speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, to be held October 30th at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. In-person! We weren’t able to get...
2021-07-30 (first published: 2021-07-19)
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We’ve opened up registration and the call for speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, to be held October 30th at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. In-person! We weren’t able to get...
2021-07-19
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Monitoring your SQL Server is important. This article examines one of the metrics you might want to keep an eye on.
2021-02-26 (first published: 2019-02-26)
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in my last post I wrote about thinking of the tools as being a separate thing from the event. Not a complicated concept, but does it matter? Maybe. Let...
2021-01-28 (first published: 2021-01-16)
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When we built the first SQLSaturday it was about 2 pages of HTML. No login, no tools, just get it done. Worked ok. Didn’t work so well for the...
2021-01-21 (first published: 2021-01-14)
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in my last post I wrote about thinking of the tools as being a separate thing from the event. Not a complicated concept, but does it matter? Maybe. Let...
2021-01-16
By Steve Jones
It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired,...
By Steve Jones
skidding – v. intr. the practice of making offhand comments that sound sarcastic but...
By Brian Kelley
Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support...
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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers