SSAS – Hiding Unknown Member
You may have noticed when creating Analysis Services dimensions that a member is created in all of your attributes that...
2011-01-10
14,907 reads
Blog Posts
SSC Editorial: Clouds in our Future
I wrote Clouds in our Future to see if I could spark a good conversation about the mental shift required...
2011-01-10
608 reads
SSMS Addin Wrapper - Source Code and Usage
Code First, KTHX!
Here, as promised, is the source code for the SSMS wrapper.
Introduction
My apologies for the brief delay on this....
2011-01-10
2,382 reads
Thinking about goals for 2011
The SQL community is inspiring, and there are a lot of people that work hard to contribute to it. With...
2011-01-10
1,034 reads
Top 10 SQL #Awesomesauce for 2010
Here at MidnightDBA.com, we’re all about you! And us! It’s just us, and you. Which is why I’ve put together...
2011-01-10
810 reads
Updated SSMSDeploy Demo Video
This is just a quick note before I head off for work that I have made a new demo video...
2011-01-10
642 reads
31 Days of SSIS – Merge Join Is My Friend (8/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Welcome to day eight post for the 31 Days of SSIS. If you are just joining the...
2011-01-09
834 reads
31 Days of SSIS – Override Variables (9/31)
Day number 9 of the 31 Days of SSIS. If you missed the first week then start by reading the...
2011-01-09
1,041 reads
Changes to the PASS Board
The official announcement was posted yesterday that Jeremiah Peschka and Brian Moran have decided to resign from the Board and...
2011-01-09
703 reads
SSMSDeploy - Demo Video Available!
Updates
1) I have discovered that there was already a tool called SQL Deploy, so I have renamed my addin to...
2011-01-09
589 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...
Forums
Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires
Backing Up a DMK
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Backing Up a DMK
The Quiet Part
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Quiet Part
Question of the Day
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?
See possible answers