Book Review: Business in the Trenches
I’m trying to improve.
That’s at just about everything too. I know I don’t know enough or have enough skills to...
2013-05-09
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Blog Posts
Bring Offline File Online — Modify SQL Server Metadata
In my last post, I demonstrated how to mount a database with missing NDF files. In the end, we still have issues removing tables created over missing files, the...
2013-05-09
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Bring Offline File Online — Modify SQL Server Metadata
In my last post, I demonstrated how to mount a database with missing NDF files. In the end, we still...
2013-05-09
1,557 reads
Data cleansing in SSIS, DQS, and MDS
Data cleansing can be done via SSIS as well as Data Quality Services (DQS) and Master Data Services (MDS). The...
2013-05-09
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Hunt Down Tables Without Clustered Indexes
This one's a gimme, but an underrated utility script when I enter a new environment and look for low-hanging fruit...
2013-05-09 (first published: 2013-05-03)
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PowerSQL – SQL Inventory Generation – Email – High Level Details
Inventory allows anyone to quickly and easily assess any environment. For few servers, answering Inventory questions might not be so...
2013-05-09
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Comparing an inner join vs a subquery
I was reading through Stackoverflow today and saw an interesting question. SQL inner join vs subquery. The user was comparing...
2013-05-08 (first published: 2013-05-03)
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2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2000 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2005 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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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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