More bytes for Row versioning
I like row versioning– see this link for more details: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189122(v=sql.105).aspx If your database is enabled for one of the...
2016-10-26
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All About SQL
Azure App Service Companion for iOS
This has absolutely nothing to do with SQL Server, it actually has nothing to do with data but I felt...
2016-10-25
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Another way to move SQL DB to Azure
About 8 months ago I wrote an article (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/139998/ ) where I showed you how to migrate your “earth” SQL Database...
2016-10-20
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Azure SQL Database DMVs
The following DMVs shown within this blog post are some of the more common ones that I am finding really...
2016-10-18
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The dark side of Fn_dump_dblog
I want to show you what happens when you keep using the undocumented fn_dump_dblog function. (For example if you are...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Microsoft Certifications
Every now and again I would navigate to Microsoft’s certification page and see what / if any changes have taken place...
2016-10-13
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Azure SQL Database – TDE
I work in the financial space so you can imagine that security is quite high on the agenda. TDE (Transparent...
2016-10-10
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SQL Performance Dashboards – update
SQL Server Performance Dashboards – update The first article that I ever wrote (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/127992/) was last year where I wanted to...
2016-10-07
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ALTER INDEX….ABORT!
I know there are people out there that will be going from older versions of SQL to SQL Server 2016, yes...
2016-10-06
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Detaching corrupt databases
Question – Can you detach a corrupt database? Answer – IT DEPENDS! More specifically it depends on the SQL Server version. SQL...
2016-10-04
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Blogs
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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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