PASS Update #28 (SQLSaturday Transition)
We’ve been busy on the transition and we’re finally at a place where we can give you an update on...
2010-04-06
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A DMV a Day – Day 6
The DMV for Day 6 is sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns counts of different types of index operations...
2010-04-06
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Finding the Client IP
It’s not often that I’ve had the need to trace back a client to their host computer, but there are...
2010-04-06
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Nested views causing query performance woes....
Just ran into an interesting issue AGAIN. It seems that when you nest views in a query you are opening...
2010-04-05
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HTC Pro Trade-In
I saw a note that T-Mobile is accepting trade-ins of an iPhone for credit towards a new HTC HD2. That’s...
2010-04-05
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Get Users By Connection
Introduction
I was recently working a production issue that required me to log in via the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC). When...
2010-04-05
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Microsoft Drops Support For Itanium after SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft’s Dan Reger has announced that Microsoft will not be supporting the Itanium architecture after Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL...
2010-04-05
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nHibernate, First Look at TSQL
I’ve blogged in the past about the nHibernate project that has been going on at my company for the last...
2010-04-05
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Express Yourself Clearly
Recently my son had a short paper to write for school. He’s a sixth grader, and this year is a...
2010-04-05
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Product Review: Fences
Fences is a free utility for the Windows desktop that lets you drag shortcuts into boxes you define (fences) and...
2010-04-05
432 reads
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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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