Madison SQL Saturday (#SQLSat206) Is This Weekend
Crack a beer and melt the cheese, the Madison SQL Saturday is this weekend. Don’t wait any longer because you...
2013-04-02
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Blog Posts
Merging SQL Server and Softball Just for Fun
With opening day of Major League Baseball season finally here, I thought I’d take the time to cover two of...
2013-04-02
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Microsoft BI tools: How they use data sources
A quick list of how each of these Microsoft BI tools handles the two data sources “SQL Server” (relational-based) and...
2013-04-02
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Reminders and Rehearsal
I’ve spoken at quite a few SQL Saturday events. I won’t hit 50 this year, like Kevin Boles, but by...
2013-04-02
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The New MidnightDBA.com is live!
GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!!! We’ve finally completed the MidnightDBA.com facelift that many of you have been begging (nagging, pining, etc.) for,...
2013-04-02
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April 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
After working on this monthly checklist for over a year, I’ve recently discovered that there isn’t anything that we should...
2013-04-01
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DMV-3 : What is currently going on ?……..sys.dm_exec_requests
sys.dm_exec_requests DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177648.aspx
Returns information about each request that is executing within SQL...
2013-04-01
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #26
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-04-01
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Mo-SQL On A Stick
If you’re involved in the database world it’s hard to have missed the rise of the “no-sql” database products, designed...
2013-04-01
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Setup SSL Access to SSRS 2012 with Active Directory Certificate Services
The objective was to configure SSL access to a SQL 2012 Reporting Services server in Native Mode. The Certificate Issuer...
2013-04-01
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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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