Bitwise and Derived Table revisited
Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks. I want to revisit them just...
2011-08-31
1,805 reads
Blog Posts
Book Status #1: Indexing for Performance
As some of you may know, I am writing a book on indexing. So far I’ve written and submitted four...
2011-08-31
1,419 reads
Check the Default Database Setting for your Admin Accounts
Last weekend, as I was waiting for the start of the performance of the Cleveland Orchestra at its summer outdoor...
2011-08-31
1,797 reads
Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS
Converting EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS 2008 can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot of manual work...
2011-08-31
8,723 reads
Mobile Commerce and SQL Performance Tuning
I was reading through Gartners Top Predictions and one prediction captured my attention:
“By 2014, over 3 billion of the world's...
2011-08-31
1,736 reads
Presenting at Curacao SQL UG
On Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 at 7:15pm EST, I’ll be presenting via LiveMeeting to the Curacao SQL Server User Group....
2011-08-31
1,664 reads
Receive error #13119 in toolbox instead of tools in Visual Studio 2008
A couple of times over the past few months, while in Visual Studio 2008 working on an SSIS package, I went...
2011-08-31
2,166 reads
Sharon Dooley’s Lightening Talk and the WIT Luncheon
At the end of last week I received an email from my friend and colleague Sharon Dooley telling me her...
2011-08-31
2,529 reads
Shrinking Transaction Logs
I see questions on forums all the time about DBA’s or System Admins finding they are out of drive space...
2011-08-31
2,194 reads
SQL Server, EarthQuakes and the End…Of DBAs?
SQL Server, EarthQuakes and the End…Of DBAs?
What does the advent and integration of VMs, SSDs, and the Cloud mean for...
2011-08-31
2,592 reads
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...
Forums
ALAMAT KONTAK BCA KCP Alaydrus Telp:08218154392
WA CS (08218154392) Jl. Alaydrus No.47 & 47 A, RT.8/RW.2, Petojo Utara, Kecamatan Gambir,...
ALAMAT BCA KCU RAWAMANGUN Telp:08218154392
WA CS (08218154392) Jl. Paus No.81, RT.1/RW.8, Wil, Kec. Pulo Gadung, Kota Jakarta Timur,...
Alamat Kantor BCA KCU City Tower Telp:08218200233
Wa:628218200233 Alamat. Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.81 Ground Floor, RT.1/RW.6, Dukuh Atas, Menteng, Kec. Menteng,...
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