Using a Symmetric Key
In my Encryption Primer talk, I do demo on symmetric key use, and wanted to document it here. Encryption is...
2012-06-27
2,965 reads
Blog Posts
5 Second Rule Doesn’t Apply to Dropped Databases or Does It?
5 Second Rule Doesn’t Apply to Dropped Databases or Does It?
5 Second Rule Doesn't Apply to Dropped Databases or Does...
2012-06-26 (first published: 2012-06-22)
4,284 reads
A Fire Drill and Voter Registration
I avoid politics here, a discussion best done in other places, but hope you’ll enjoy some thoughts about a recent...
2012-06-26
786 reads
Down and Dark
I came back from vacation to find the home DSL line bouncing up and down a bit. I wasn’t overly...
2012-06-26
1,558 reads
Locking Behavior – Foreign Keys
With Snapshot (read committed snapshot and snapshot isolation level) enabled, when data reading on a table takes place, if any...
2012-06-26
2,750 reads
Preach The Gospel Always, If Necessary Use Words
I’ll be honest, I contemplated a lot about whether to write this blog or not for fear that it may...
2012-06-26
268 reads
Problems with my new book
First off, I apologize. As if writing a book wasn’t hard enough, now we get new problems because of on-demand...
2012-06-26
834 reads
SQL Rally 2012 Nordic
The Nordic SQL Server event of the year is getting closer and closer. YES it is SQL Rally Nordic that...
2012-06-26
886 reads
SQLBif Gets A Job - SQLCommunity Redeemed...
Back in May, I had a conversation with a sql friend in the community, and well, my friend (who I...
2012-06-26
1,443 reads
Want to lose #20PoundsBeforeTheSummit? Join the #GetHawt competition!
We here in the IT community are clearly concerned about our weight. More specifically, we’re concerned about our weight going...
2012-06-26
961 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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