There was a script here not too long ago which showed how to 'truncate' a number to two decimal places without rounding. This used a lot of casts to varchars and back.The solution worked, but I knew there had to be a way of doing exactly this without having to go back and forth between […]
2005-08-08 (first published: 2005-07-27)
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By Steve Jones
It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired,...
By Steve Jones
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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