Database Design Process
Buck Woody recently asked a question; how do you design a database. He outlined the process he followed and asked...
2010-01-18
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Accidental DBA?
It seems to me that over the last year or so that there has been an explosion in the use...
2010-01-18
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Three Life-Changing Events
Paul Randal started a meme about three life changing events that brought him to where he is today. Brent Ozar...
2010-01-18
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What Three Things Brought Me Here
I was tagged
by SQL Rockstar, aka Tom LaRock, after this
thread was started by Paul Randal-not-Paul-Tripp (I wonder if...
2010-01-18
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Should You Achieve All Your Goals?
So many people wrote posts at the end of 2009 analyzing their goals and what they achieved. I did the...
2010-01-18
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
Ok, so it’s not until November – but I am leaving on a Jet Plane nonetheless. It will have been four...
2010-01-18
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Notes on the January 2010 oPASS Meeting (Live Meeting)
Before you dig in this post, take a look at my earlier notes about oPASS and Live Meeting and the...
2010-01-18
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Intel Nehalem-EX and Database Performance
Intel is talking about the upcoming launch of the next generation Intel Xeon processor (Nehalem-EX) being bigger than the Xeon...
2010-01-18
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Inconvenient – Reading on Paper
I woke up this morning to find Tia reading an actual paper books. That’s become a rarity for both of...
2010-01-17
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Book #10 – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I read this book as a kid, or at least I thought I did. After grabbing this from Amazon (free...
2010-01-17
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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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