Analytic Functions – LAG / LEAD
This post is part of the series discussing the new Analytic functions in SQL Server “Denali”, CTP3.
Analytic Functions in SQL...
2011-09-13
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Blog Posts
Analytic Functions – Overview
?This post is the first post in a series discussing the new Analytic functions in SQL Server “Denali”, CTP3, and...
2011-09-13
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Powershell , Excel charts and data presentation
The topic for T-SQL Tuesday is Data Presentation. Powershell to Excel is a a good way to presenting data, and...
2011-09-13
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SQL Saturday in Kalamazoo This Weekend
If you are going to be in Kalamazoo this weekend and don’t have anything planned. Because, yeah, that happens. Or...
2011-09-13
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SQL Server Quiz – the last time a stored procedure was executed
A developer rushes up to you and asks "can you tell me the last time this stored procedure was executed?"....
2011-09-13
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T-SQL Function: EOMONTH
We have all been in a situation where we had to get the last day of the month with T-SQL....
2011-09-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #22 – Data Presentation
Tuesday is upon us. It also happens to be the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that...
2011-09-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #22 – Data Presentation
Data Presentation is not just about the look of a report. Data Presentation involves performance, accuracy, display and the business requirements. By giving proper attention to each of these...
2011-09-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #22 - Data Presentation - My Example with CTE
Hey, everybody! Welcome to T-SQL Tuesday #22! Today's topic is Data Presentation, and the importance of formatting data to the...
2011-09-13
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Checkers, Chess, and Politics
There are few games that don’t have some kind of strategy, from tic-tac-toe on up. Sometimes we take the time...
2011-09-12
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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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