Project Phoenix For Unemployed and Underemployed Developers
SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog/twitter) has put a lot of effort into conceiving, organizing, and publicizing Project Phoenix over...
2010-09-27
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Quiz 2010
SQL Sever MVP Jacob Sebastian (blog/twitter) has been working hard to organize the SQL Server Quiz 2010 event which will...
2010-09-27
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SQLRally After Hours
One of the things we’re trying to do at SQLRally (May 2011 in Orlando!) is support and grow the social...
2010-09-27
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Who wants to be a millionaire? - SQLQuiz
I have a question for all you DBA’s and SQL Professionals out there. It’s an exciting new contest that is...
2010-09-27
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A day of rest
Not quite a day of rest, likely some chores in advance of another busy weekend at the ranch.
I’m taking today...
2010-09-24
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Food Drive
Don’t forget the food drive tomorrow for SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado. Please bring food, or even clothing/blankets, that can...
2010-09-24
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of September 27, 2010
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Next-Level SQLCLR: Parallel Processing and Bulk Load - Adam Machanic
Pragmatic Works - Performance tuning the cube - Adam...
2010-09-24
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A Little Help with Azure Please
Not long ago Microsoft announced a new product called Azure AKA “SQL Server in the Cloud”. I have to say...
2010-09-23
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Common SQL Server Mistakes – Multi Row DML Triggers
How often have you seen someone write a DML trigger like this:
createtrigger mytrigger on Mytable forinsertas
declare @id int
select @id = id...
2010-09-23
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COMPUTE: now it is going, what else will do it?
/*I'd be very surprised if you've ever used the old COMPUTE clause in SQL Server. It is a bit mad,...
2010-09-23
1,625 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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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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