Jason Brimhall


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SQL Confessions

I had a brainstorm of an idea for a group of articles on my blog a couple of weeks ago and am finally getting around to putting it together....

2010-12-13

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SSIS Job Execution

While working on a process to refresh the QA environment (data purge, reload data and reapply changes made over time as parts of release cycles), I ran into self-imposed...

2010-12-13

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Wait Stats resources

Today I was out and about looking for past roundups on TSQLTuesday.  While doing that, I came across a post from Paul Randal (Blog | Twitter) about wait stats.  The...

2010-12-13

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Bundle of Joy

After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived.  She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28...

2010-12-09

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Bundle of Joy

After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived.  She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28 AM (PST).  There were no complications and the delivery...

2010-12-09

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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents

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A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...

Car Update: August 2026

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It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...

Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To

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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...

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Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires

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Backing Up a DMK

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The Quiet Part

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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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