Execution Plan Stability
I’ve talked before about one of the primary things that the Query Optimizer team at Microsoft tries to avoid, regressions....
2011-03-07
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Blog Posts
IT Camp Saturday
The first ever IT Camp is being held in Tampa on March 19, 2011, organized by cool Tampa guy Chad...
2011-03-07
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March SSSOLV Reminder
This is just a quick reminder about the meeting coming up on March 10, 2011 at 6:30 PST. You can find more information about the event from here. I...
2011-03-07
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March SSSOLV Reminder
This is just a quick reminder about the meeting coming up on March 10, 2011 at 6:30 PST. You can...
2011-03-07
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SQL Server Truncate Table Permissions
I saw a note recently where someone asked what permissions were needed for a user to execute TRUNCATE TABLE. In...
2011-03-07
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SQLServerCentral Best Practices Clinic
I have just begun a new article series at SQLServerCentral.com called the SQLServerCentral.com Best Practices Clinic. What is this series...
2011-03-07
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SSAS – Changing the Dimension ALL Member Name
All Analysis Services dimensions have a default All member that represents all the members for a particular attribute.For example, let’s...
2011-03-07
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SSRS: My Filter is not Working!!!
I rarely use filters in my SSRS reports. However, this was a client requirement. When we attempted to use the...
2011-03-07
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SSWUG DBTechCon Coming Up
Over the last few years, I’ve blogged about and spoke at the SSWUG Virtual Conferences. It’s that time of the...
2011-03-07
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Take-aways from the 2011 Microsoft MVP Summit
Every year, Microsoft brings a couple thousand specialists from every corner of the globe together for a few days to...
2011-03-07
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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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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