DBA 101: Why is my log file full?
This question comes up constantly in different venues. I see it sometimes 2-3 times a day on SQL Server Central....
2011-01-18
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Blog Posts
Distincting an IN subquery
This is going to be a quick one…
I keep seeing forum code (and production code) that includes the DISTINCT in...
2011-01-18
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Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
This question regarding getting a fast count from a service broker queue came...
2011-01-18
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January OPASS Meeting
January’s OPASS meeting will be held this Thursday, January 20th at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Hampton Inn, 850 Village Oak Lane, Lake Mary. SQL Server...
2011-01-18
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January OPASS Meeting
January’s OPASS meeting will be held this Thursday, January 20th at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Hampton Inn,...
2011-01-18
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New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SP2
Microsoft has released new cumulative updates for both SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. Remember, both of...
2011-01-18
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PASS SQLRally Professional Development Vote Done and the Development Track Vote is open
Congratulations to the winners in the Professional Development Track Vote for PASS SQLRally. You can see the winners at http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/Agenda/Sessions/SessionsProfessionalDevelopment.aspx. Now the voting is open for the Database &...
2011-01-18
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PASS SQLRally Professional Development Vote Done and the Development Track Vote is open
Congratulations to the winners in the Professional Development Track Vote for PASS SQLRally. You can see the winners at http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/Agenda/Sessions/SessionsProfessionalDevelopment.aspx.
Now the...
2011-01-18
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 4
Recap So far we’ve walked though how to turn on PowerShell and add modules, adding SQL Server 2008 snapins and using PowerShell variables, what cmdlets and functions are, what...
2011-01-18
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 4
Recap
So far we’ve walked though how to turn on PowerShell and add modules, adding SQL Server 2008 snapins and using...
2011-01-18
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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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Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires
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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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