Kindle - First Thoughts
I got my Kindle yesterday and I'll write some more notes as I go along, but I have to say...
2008-08-30
1,468 reads
Blog Posts
Defining Value
I've been thinking a lot lately about the concept of value. Earlier this week a colleague of mine tendered his...
2008-08-29
1,458 reads
Insufficient Space for a Side by Side Restore - What Do You Do?
I was recently working with a student in a one on one format and one the scenarios he wanted to...
2008-08-28
1,430 reads
Kindle - About Face
OK, I reversed myself and bought a Kindle today. Or I guess I ordered one and it should be here...
2008-08-28
1,770 reads
Reminder: Upcoming SQL Launch Event in Jacksonville, FL on Sep 12, 2008
The Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group (www.jssug.com) is hosting a SQL 2008 launch event on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 in downtown...
2008-08-27
1,370 reads
Comments on a Recent Visit to Boston
Slightly off topic today.
It's fair to say I'm not a great traveler. Waiting for planes, dealing with the hassles of...
2008-08-26
1,532 reads
Kindle - On Hold
Just as I was debating whether to take advantage of Amazon's $100 savings offer on the Kindle (with a new...
2008-08-25
1,945 reads
Tool Review: Quicken
I've used Quicken for a long time now and it's the center of how I manage finances at home. There...
2008-08-25
1,367 reads
Assessing DB Changes
One of the things I teach in our admin course is that it's not enough to just be the gatekeeper/central...
2008-08-24
1,446 reads
Deleting Duplicates without a unique key
The following was sent to me by my friend and colleague Dave Miller:
Dave's Email:
Wanted to pass along something I hadn't...
2008-08-21
1,626 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers