Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
2008-08-13
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The Top Ten Reasons to Attend the PASS Summit 2008
The PASS Summit is being held in Seattle on November 18-21, 2008. Read about a few of the reasons that you might want to ask your boss if you can go.
2008-08-13 (first published: 2008-05-01)
4,979 reads
A Release from Data
What do you do when work is too frustrating. Steve Jones talks about finding a way to release stress and frustration.
2008-08-13
64 reads
A Release from Data
What do you do when work is too frustrating. Steve Jones talks about finding a way to release stress and frustration.
2008-08-13
63 reads
A Release from Data
What do you do when work is too frustrating. Steve Jones talks about finding a way to release stress and frustration.
2008-08-13
72 reads
Installing RTM (SQL Server 2008)
I had to install the RTM version of SQL Server 2008 a few days ago since I'm tech reviewing a...
2008-08-12
746 reads
2008-08-12
3,592 reads
Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
2008-08-12
58 reads
Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
2008-08-12
77 reads
Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
2008-08-12
78 reads
Blogs
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
Adding an HTTP MCP Server to VSCode
By Steve Jones
I wrote earlier this week about the SQL MCP Server using the Data API...
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Symmetric Key Encryption
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers