SQL PASS 2010 Summit – Recap
The sessions are over, and the post-cons are done; the vendor parties are but a memory, and the #sqlkaraoke music...
2010-11-22
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Blog Posts
SQLCentric is a winner of the 2010 SQL Server Magazine's Community Choice Awards!
As I was doing a little research this evening for a client, I hit the SQLMag site for the latest updates. ...
2010-11-22
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SQLPASS Virtual Chapters
Today is a topic that is close to my heart. Many of you probably don’t know that the SQL pass...
2010-11-22
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SSIS Denali Data Flow Grouping
There have been several usability features that have been added to SSIS in the latest CTP.One of these features is...
2010-11-22
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Turn Rows into Columns in Excel
Have you ever had to take a long column of data in Excel and turn it into a column? There...
2010-11-22
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Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
Since it’s Sunday (almost Monday), I thought I would chip into Un-SQL Friday. Before I get down to brass tacks,...
2010-11-22
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – Value
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In the...
2010-11-22
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Guest Vs. Host Clustering Virtual Machines: Speaking Tuesday 23rd November at Montreal Tech Days
I will be replacing speaker Steven Robidas on Tuesday, 23 November at Microsoft TechDays.ca Montreal. The discussion will be on...
2010-11-21
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New book from Pragmatic Works in the "works"...
Hey folks, Just a quick preview that we’re hard at work again on a new book with Wiley publishing focused...
2010-11-21
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New Video Blogs
Hey there folks! I am sorry it has been about a week without an entry.I have been on planes all...
2010-11-21
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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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