2010-12-24
2,333 reads
Steve Jones
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2010-12-24
3,907 reads
Call in the Experts
Today we have an editorial from Feb 1, 2006 that is being reprinted as Steve Jones is on vacation. Steve talks about the need to call in a friend to check on the performance of the SQLServerCentral servers.
2010-12-23
93 reads
64 bit
Today we have a guest editorial from November 26, 2005. Steve Jones talks about the transition to 64 bit architectures.
2010-12-21
182 reads
And the winners are….. (iPads for Christmas contest)
Congratulations to the following winners of our iPads for Christmas contest. It was a hard choice, but I ended up...
2010-12-20
1,302 reads
The Institute for Backup Trauma
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 27, 2005. Steve Jones is on vacation, so we are reprinting this look at backup strategies and media.
2010-12-20
232 reads
The Twelve Days of SQL
As we approach the holidays, Steve Jones talks about the latest blog theme, and how nice it is to see these types of things from the community.
2010-12-20
178 reads
How not to ask for help
you can help me for the visule studio 2005 programe I have assigment
I do not how to use for...
2010-12-17
724 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #13 Roundup
After my call for “What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants”, there were quite a few people...
2010-12-17
1,321 reads
2010-12-17
655 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
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
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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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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