Work Goals for 2011-Part 2
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote my early thoughts on my goals for this year, and you can...
2011-02-09
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Blog Posts
10 Things Every DBA Should Do
Recently I spoke about how The Best Database Administrators Automate Everything, as well as Document Everything and this got me...
2011-02-08
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Book #2 - Dynasty in the making?
Ok so dynasty might be a bit strong, but check out this
newest volume from the folks @ Pragmatic Works. We...
2011-02-08
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Conquering Kilimanjaro & Cancer !
Day 1 – Leaving for Africa
After almost 12 months of fundraising, training, walking up various mountains, sleepless nights and plenty of...
2011-02-08
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February OPASS Meeting
Don’t forget to join us tonight for the OPASS meeting sponsored by RedGate and Signature Consultants.
Event Date/Time: Tuesday February 8th...
2011-02-08
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February OPASS Meeting
Don’t forget to join us tonight for the OPASS meeting sponsored by RedGate and Signature Consultants.
Event Date/Time:Tuesday February 8th @ 6:00...
2011-02-08
828 reads
Immersions Training
The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands of SQLSkills. Later that week an announcement was made...
2011-02-08
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Immersions Training
The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands...
2011-02-08
540 reads
Opportunity Cost versus Real Cost
One of the hardest lessons to learn and put into practice as a self-employed consultant is that of Real Cost...
2011-02-08
1,026 reads
SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, No Options
Welcome back to day 2 of Security Week for this semester of SQL University. If you missed yesterday's introduction, you'll...
2011-02-08
2,476 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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