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S3OLV April Change

Earlier this week I announced the meeting for the Las Vegas User Group.  I blasted some of you with emails – along with people in our mailing list.  Those...

2011-04-07

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S3OLV April 2011

Are you ready to learn again?  The Las Vegas SQL Users Group is ready to have our April meeting.  The meeting is to be held April 14, 2011 at...

2011-04-05

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Indexing Just Got Easy

As a database professional one of the things that we should be familiar with is the use of indexes.  In SQL Server an index helps to improve query performance...

2011-04-01

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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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