Cleaner Code Demos – Speaker Hints
Recently I had the privilege of watching Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp present (separately) at SQL Server Connections. If you...
2010-11-17
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Blog Posts
Handling Type II Dimension with the MERGE Statement
Microsoft attempted to make our lives easier with the Slowly Changing Dimension task in SSIS. However, as we all know...
2010-11-17
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PASS Summit Report 3: Women in Technology Rock!
Last year I was honored to be a member of the Women in Technology (WIT) Panel at the PASS Summit....
2010-11-17
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Powershell: Calculating Seven Day Retention for Security Event Logs
I needed to figure out how much space was required to maintain 7 days of event log entries for the...
2010-11-17
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SQLSaturday#59 NYC 2010 - 3 Days Away! - Sponsor Profile
SQLSaturday#59 is only a mere 3-days away! Today, I am bringing you a sponsor profile for our participating vendors, who...
2010-11-17
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Template for Tracking Professional Development
One of the ideas I mentioned in my presentation on Comprehensive Professional Development was to set up some type of...
2010-11-17
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The 2010 SQLServerCentral Party
A quick look at the SQLServerCentral party at the 2010 PASS Summit, thanks to SQLChicken. It’s on UStream
Not great quality,...
2010-11-17
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Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server...
2010-11-17
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Another Plagiarizer
I received a note today about someone else that is plagiarizing content from SQLServerCentral. It’s a blog on Windows Live...
2010-11-16
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Backup log Truncate_Only in SQL Server 2008
BACKUP LOG <db_name> WITH truncate_only command, used for clearing the log file, is deprecated in SQL Server 2008. So this post will explain option...
2010-11-16
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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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