Batch Starting SQL Server Services
Many times when going from demo to development to client demo, we are always starting and stopping our SQL Server...
2010-02-27
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Starting a SQL Server Blog
This is day one of my SQL Server blog so I’m not looking to write anything deep or insightful or...
2010-02-27
1,764 reads
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2.0 – First Thoughts
It was a good day down in downtown Denver at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2.0. I presented a session...
2010-02-27
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Tally Table - Delimited list to Table
Dealing with delimited lists (Usually separated by a comma) in SQL is a problem easily handled by a simple function...
2010-02-27
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Should DBAs be Paid Overtime?
For the past several weeks, I have been running a poll on www.bradmcgehee.com, asking visitors if they thought that DBAs...
2010-02-27
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Dr. DMV Script for Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta
Here is the script that has the diagnostic queries that I will be using during my presentation at the Rocky...
2010-02-26
2,771 reads
Help with Learning Powershell
If you’re not reading Buck Woody’s blog, why not? Today he posted a helpful hint for getting performance counters directly...
2010-02-26
1,399 reads
Article in SQL Server Magazine on SQL IO Stastics.......
Article on I/O tips appearing on SQLMag.com
If you've followed my blog, you know I've written on various topics, including I/O...
2010-02-26
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Driving Issues with software
This is an interesting piece, talking about some of the software issues with Toyota and how that might come to...
2010-02-26
1,466 reads
User Group Leaders: Who Are Your Members?
At the MVP Summit last week, I was talking with fellow Dallas-area tweep Sean McCown about our local SQL Server...
2010-02-26
1,642 reads
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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