IT Education Part 1
Like many in IT I’m self taught, starting with DOS and batch files, then proceeding through QuickBasic, Visual Basic in...
2010-12-06
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Blog Posts
Moving Windows in Windows 7
I had my laptop connected to a projector recently, and for some reason a few windows got moved off screen,...
2010-12-06
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My Weekend
We are now well into December and Christmas is fast approaching, I have most, but not all of my shopping...
2010-12-06
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Review: Idera SQL Doctor
Recently, a co-worker practically slammed me up against the wall, exclaiming “You have to check out this new tool, right...
2010-12-06
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SQLRally Call for Presenters
Go SQL! Go SQL! I haven’t blogged about it until now. If you weren’t aware, there’s a new conference in...
2010-12-06
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The Basics of Troubleshooting
After seeing several cases in the past couple of months where I felt the basics of troubleshooting were violated, I...
2010-12-06
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Tip: Schema Qualify Objects in SPs
“Eat your broccoli.”
“Wear your gloves.”
“Schema qualify your objects.”
Your Mom wasn’t kidding, and she always gave the best advice. We’ve already...
2010-12-06
1,719 reads
Digg
I’m currently doing some experiments with ,y blog and trying out digg.com. In order to do that I need to...
2010-12-05
528 reads
What happens when a query is submitted?
I know, We cant cover life span of query in short. here is my another try to list some high level information...
2010-12-05
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Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will again be used to collect and save the drive...
2010-12-04
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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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