How Can I Tell if SQL Agent is Running via SQL?
Introduction
Today’s post is a continuation in my on-going effort to document all of the scripts I use to manage my...
2010-05-04
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SQL Server Replication - Replication Agents
My first post in my replication series gave a brief overview of replication, before I dive into setting up and...
2010-05-04
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CLR Stability
Recently I was at a UK user group meeting and Simon Sabin of SQL Skills presented a short “SQL Nugget”...
2010-05-04
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A Glimpse of the Future
I’m not sure what happened here. I walked up to my desktop, wiggled the mouse, and nothing happened. In the...
2010-05-04
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PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)
Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being...
2010-05-04
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May Question: What is your favorite DBA joke?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
2010-05-04
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Nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Award are Now Open
SQLServerCentral.com, along with Red Gate Software, are glad to announce that nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Awards are now...
2010-05-04
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SQL Server Monitoring Checklist
I have worked with a lot of organizations who just have just a small handful of SQL Server instances. In...
2010-05-03
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Register For 24 Hours of PASS Event
The free 24 Hours of PASS event will be held on May 19-20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations...
2010-05-03
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Don’t Forget to Register for the Free 24 Hours of PASS
The free 24 Hours of PASS event will held May 19 & 20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations on...
2010-05-03
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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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