SQL Server Transactions and Locking (Part 1)
In many situations, data modification requires several steps. For example, you may need to change the values ??in two separate...
2013-05-22
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Blog Posts
SSAS Event Type Calculation Dimension
Calculation dimensions in SSAS are used to store calculations that can be applied to any measure in the cube. For...
2013-05-22
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SSIS 2012 Deployment Fail
(Update: Part 2 focuses on clearing out the SSISDB by creating new stored proc based on the one used by the maintenance job. If your Maintenance Job is taking...
2013-05-22
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The Bicentennial SQLSaturday–#200 Philadelphia
When Andy Warren (b | t | Li)started SQL Saturday with #1 in Orlando, we weren’t sure it would succeed. After a...
2013-05-22
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Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable
Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working...
2013-05-22
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View computed columns in database
Snippet to quickly view computed column information. You can also view this by doing a “create table” script. This however,...
2013-05-22
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We’re speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
PASS liked our “Mouth Wide Shut” interviewing session from last year so much that they’ve decided to have us back...
2013-05-22
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Wildcards and Indexes
I was asked a good question the other day, one that I wasn’t sure of the answer. The question was...
2013-05-22
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Bug: sys.dm_db_session_space_usage Reporting Extremely High Tempdb Allocations
A little more than a year ago while working at Idera, I was consulted on reports from a few clients...
2013-05-21
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Consulting company: Perm/Salaried vs 1099/W2
One of my pet peeves is seeing a top-notch BI architect/developer working as a salaried/perm employee of a consulting company...
2013-05-21
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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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