Hustle and Bustle to Kick off September
September is kicking off with a boom for me. In one week, it seems I will be here, there and everywhere. Between SQL, PASS, Family, and User Group –...
2011-09-07
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Jason Brimhall
S3OLV September 2011
I really meant to get this post out last week. My apologies, but here is the post finally. Along with...
2011-09-06
790 reads
S3OLV September 2011
I really meant to get this post out last week. My apologies, but here is the post finally. Along with the post, I also had meant to get the...
2011-09-06
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little...
2011-09-01
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little warning and error message to greet me. My activation...
2011-09-01
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Bitwise and Derived Table revisited
Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks. I want to revisit them just...
2011-08-31
1,806 reads
Bitwise and Derived Table revisited
Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks. I want to revisit them just to make some minor updates and clarifications. This is...
2011-08-31
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Precision and Scale
As is the case with many of my topics of late, I came across this one by helping somebody else....
2011-08-24
2,933 reads
Precision and Scale
As is the case with many of my topics of late, I came across this one by helping somebody else. In SQL, we should be well aware of Precision...
2011-08-24
15 reads
TSQL Sudoku II
As luck would have it, today I came across this TSQL Challenge. It just so happens that I had already...
2011-08-23
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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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