The 2011 SQL Saturday Schedule is Filling Up
I have been trying to figure out where to go in 2011 for SQL Saturdays, especially as Red Gate is...
2010-12-10
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Blog Posts
What’s Going on with SQL Server Service Account Changes?
For years we’ve been told you should use Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server Configuration Manager in...
2010-12-10
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Book Review: The Way We Work Isn’t Working
The Way We Work Isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz ($19 @ Amazon) is a holistic approach to work and a work...
2010-12-09
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Bundle of Joy
After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived. She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28...
2010-12-09
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Bundle of Joy
After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived. She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28 AM (PST). There were no complications and the delivery...
2010-12-09
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Can You Dig It? – Parallelism in the Plan Cache
She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittIn the lead in to this post, I talked about how the plan cache can...
2010-12-09
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Microsoft Codename Atlanta Attempts to Help Out DBAs By Providing Basic Assistance
I have always recommended that DBAs be as proactive as possible, catching potential problems, and actual problems, as soon as...
2010-12-09
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Spotlight: Jes Borland
It’s been a few months…time for another Spotlight!
Just to catch you up, occasionally someone in the SQL community – usually someone...
2010-12-09
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SQL Saturday New England, #71
I’ve finally got everything together to get the web site going for SQL Saturday #71. The call for speakers is...
2010-12-09
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SQL Server 2008 R2 System Views Map
Update from Microsoft for SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2. There is the graphical map of the system views included SQL...
2010-12-09
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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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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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