What is a Database Master Key?
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran...
2017-01-19
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Blog Posts
What is COPY_ONLY?
You’ll frequently hear that you should add the COPY_ONLY clause when taking an ad-hoc full backup to avoid messing up...
2017-01-19 (first published: 2017-01-16)
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Attending VTUG at Gillette Stadium Tomorrow
If you’re in the Boston area tomorrow, I urge you to go to this year’s Virtualization Technology Users Group (VTUG)Winter...
2017-01-18
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Automating DBCC PAGE, part 2 – determining object names on pages
In a prior blog post, I demonstrated how using DBCC PAGE can be automated by using the “WITH TABLERESULTS” option....
2017-01-18
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Do I have a Database Master Key in a database? #SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-01-18 (first published: 2017-01-13)
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Fastest way to create and distribute a dynamic report from SQL Server
From request to delivery in 5 minutes or less! xSQL RSS Reporter for SQL Server enables you to generate standard Atom or RSS feeds containing any data that you...
2017-01-18
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Fastest way to create and distribute a dynamic report from SQL Server
From request to delivery in 5 minutes or less! xSQL RSS Reporter for SQL Server enables you to generate standard...
2017-01-18
217 reads
Lead Blocker
Blocking is just part of life I’m afraid. Because we have locks (and yes we have to have them, and...
2017-01-18
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Microsoft Products vs Hadoop/OSS Products
Microsoft’s end goal is for Azure to become the best cloud platform for customers to run their data workloads. This...
2017-01-18
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PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS January Newsletter
We spend way too much time each month drafting the newsletters for the PowerShell Group of PASS. But hey, we’re database people, not email mavens, and the newsletter does...
2017-01-18
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Forums
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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