SQL Server Team-Based Development
The new book is available in a free download from Red Gate. I had a lot of fun working on...
2010-11-16
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Blog Posts
The SQL Server MCM Training Has Changed
One thing that stuck out for me at the PASS Summit was the changes announced for the SQL Server Microsoft...
2010-11-16
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The World’s Largest
Each year, the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators meet on the college grid iron in what’s called the world’s...
2010-11-16
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There should only be one ...
When visiting clients, I often find that one or more databases have a table (or several) containing metadata. Most often, these tables have only a single row of data...
2010-11-16
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There should only be one ...
When visiting clients, I often find that one or more databases have a table (or several) containing metadata. Most often,...
2010-11-16
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There should only be one ...
When visiting clients, I often find that one or more databases have a table (or several) containing metadata. Most often, these tables have only a single row of data...
2010-11-16
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What's New In Denali for SSRS
I was so excited when I found out that Denali was released last week. Like it was Christmas time, I...
2010-11-16
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Career Advice – Play Your Own Game
I get asked this question fairly often. How do I find time to write so much, work on SQL Server,...
2010-11-15
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David Dewitt at the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is complete and we got what we asked for from David Dewitt. He spoke on the third...
2010-11-15
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Get Drive Space Including Mount Points
Today’s post is a quick one that came out of a conversation on Twitter. To make a long story short,...
2010-11-15
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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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