XQuery for the Non-Expert – Exist
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2010-11-23
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Blog Posts
Cry, Baby, Cry! Failing the MCM Test
Two things happened to me this morning. First, I woke up and took the written test for the SQL Server...
2010-11-22
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 09
It is down to the final two chapters of the book by Alex Kuznetsova. Check out the previous chapter here....
2010-11-22
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 09
It is down to the final two chapters of the book by Alex Kuznetsova. Check out the previous chapter here. The review of this book is certainly taking longer...
2010-11-22
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Do Foreign Key Constraints Help Performance?
Most people are very aware of the fact that having a foreign key constraint in place on your tables adds...
2010-11-22
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Have you ever wanted to train yourself?
Hey folks, we all know that there are some great training organizations out there (AHEM Pragmatic Works, AHEM). I hate...
2010-11-22
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Iron Chef SQL Server BI
Hey folks – It’s time again for SQL Saturday Tampa. Original Birthplace of Iron Chef SQL Server. I have submitted this...
2010-11-22
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More great free resources from Microsoft
Hey folks – A quick one today since I’m travelling, but I am sharing something I often share with my clients...
2010-11-22
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Our new SharePoint BI Book Project
Hey folks, Just a quick preview that we’re hard at work again on a new book with Wiley publishing focused...
2010-11-22
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Quite Time
It’s vacation week for me. Everything’s scheduled for SQLServerCentral, and my family is taking our annual ski break for Thanksgiving....
2010-11-22
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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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