Book Review: Orbit by John J. Nance
Just finished re-reading Orbit ($15 or less at Amazon) after picking it up for a $1 at Books a Million...
2010-02-26
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – General Database and Theory by C.J. Date
Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006
This is a collection of writings by C.J. Date, one of the fathers of the relational...
2010-02-26
1,885 reads
More Snapshot Backups
I got some more feedback from my Connect item on allowing snapshot backups. They took notice, but I heard the...
2010-02-26
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Suncoast Technology Forum Tech Fest Event 2010
I presented a 30 minute session at Suncoast Technology Forum Tech Fest on Windows Scripting Automation with Powershell: "This session will...
2010-02-26
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Speaking in Cambridge, England March 24, 2010
If you are near Cambridge, England, I will be speaking at the Cambridge SQL Server Users Group on Wednesday, March...
2010-02-25
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SQLBits 6 to Be Held in London, April 16, 2010
The upcoming SQLBits 6, to be held Friday, April 16, 2010, will be held at the Church House Conference Centre...
2010-02-25
1,616 reads
Why Do My SQL 2008 Compressed Backups Shrink?
Introduction
Recently a coworker was doing some research with SQL 2008 Backup Compression on a very large database. During the testing...
2010-02-25
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Editorial - “Dude, Your Fly Is Open”
In case you don’t subscribe to the SQL Server Central daily newsletter, check out the editorial I wrote entitled “Dude,...
2010-02-25
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Renaming a Standalone Instance of SQL Server
I needed to upgrade the underlying IO subsystem of one of my IO intensive SQL Servers. After some discussion with...
2010-02-25
2,204 reads
I’m Attending the South Florida Code Camp on February 27, 2010
I’m driving down tomorrow for the sixth annual South Florida Code Camp. This will be my third time attending and...
2010-02-25
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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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