Powering up DTS with PerlDTS
This article introduces the PerlDTS project that provides a Perl distribution to access and execute MS SQL Server 8 DTS packages.
2008-12-22
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Alceu Rodrigues de Freitas Junior
VBscript hacks for DTS packages
This article is about using VBscript hacks to overcome two limitations of DTS packages.
2008-07-11
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Yet another way to include portability on DTS packages
An proposal about using simple server name resolution and INI files to make a DTS package portable.
2008-04-10
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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