Content Shift, Still SQL, Just More SharePoint
Many of you may have notice that I have been a little inconsistent with my posts lately. It’s been a...
2011-11-20
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Blog Posts
DBA Team Structure – Thoughts From Real Life
I once talked about the DBA team building about 3 years ago, now when I look back, I still believe...
2011-11-20
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 1
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
In the opening of the first episode of DBA in Space,...
2011-11-18
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Managing By Walking Around
For a long time a core piece of my ‘style’ has been to wander the halls a couple times a...
2011-11-18
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Reference Dimensions
A reference dimension occurs when the key column for the dimension is joined indirectly to the fact table through a...
2011-11-18
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SQL Server – When will my backup finish?
The sys.dm_exec_requests is a great way to find out how long the BACKUP will take to complete. If you are...
2011-11-18
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SQL Server ® 2012 Release Candidate (RC0)
Finally it is here, the SQL Server 2012 RC0 is ready for download, click this link and you’ll be downloading...
2011-11-18
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SSWUG SSIS Expo Slides and Scripts
You can find the slides and scripts from today’s sesson at the SSWUG SSIS Expo, the materials can be downloaded...
2011-11-18
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Thank you
I somehow made the Top 10 Community Choice Bloggers in the SQL Server Magazine 2011 awards (keep scrolling to the...
2011-11-18
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Thank You SQL Saturday 99 Sponsors!
Last Friday, Minnesota had it’s second SQL Saturday event, on a Friday. Hopefully, those that were able to attend had...
2011-11-18
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Blogs
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers