#SQLGive Update - New Dropoff Locations
Since announcing #SQLGive earlier this week I'm happy to report that two additional vendors have agreed to host dropoff boxes...
2011-10-07
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Blog Posts
Advanced Persistent Threats and Us
In a blog post from last year, Richard Bejtlich (blog | twitter) talked about a concept called an Advanced Persistent Threat...
2011-10-07
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Denormalizing dimension tables
When building a SSAS cube, you typically have a star schema containing dimension tables and fact tables. For dimension tables,...
2011-10-07
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Follow PASS Keynote Live Feeds via Blog & Twitter
Not going to be there? No Worries
The PASS Global Summit starts next Wednesday, October 12th in Seattle. PASS is the...
2011-10-07
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Follow PASS Keynotes Live Feeds via Blog & Twitter
Not going to be there? No Worries
The PASS Global Summit starts next Wednesday, October 12th in Seattle. PASS is the...
2011-10-07
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Lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”
I hadn’t planned to post the lyrics for yesterday’s song, but Mark Vaillancourt (Blog | @markvsql) thought that I should. Since he’s...
2011-10-07
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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP3 RTM
Microsoft has released the final, RTM version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. This is build 10.00.5500. It includes...
2011-10-07
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My PASS Summit 2011 Schedule
The annual PASS Summit is upon us once again! Here's where I'll be next week:
Monday
Arriving in Seattle mid-afternoonMonday Night Networking...
2011-10-07
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NYC MSBI NYC Event - Evolved BI with SQL Server “Denali”
While many of us SQL Server enthusiasts in the community will be at PASS Summit 2011, all next week, the...
2011-10-07
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PASS Summit is almost here
This is my second trip to Seattle for the annual bash. Last year I was a newbie. I did not...
2011-10-07
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Blogs
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...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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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