For those just starting out with SSIS
Having cut my teeth on SQL Server 2000, I had some (but not a lot) of DTS experience. Recently I...
2007-01-30
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Midlands PASS February Meeting
Our next meeting will be on
Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 6:30 PM.
It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once...
2007-01-30
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Jim Gray Missing
Jim Gray is missing at sea. A sad day for database professionals and Mr. Gray's family. He is reporting missing...
2007-01-30
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Why I ended up getting a Zune
I've been looking at getting an MP3 player for a while now because I want to make better use of...
2007-01-27
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Midlands PASS February Meeting
Our next meeting
will be on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at
6:30 PM. It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once...
2007-01-26
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New Review: NGS Software's Typhon III
I recently had the opportunity to review NGS Software's updated Typhon III general vulnerability scanner. I had previously reviewed it...
2007-01-25
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It's Been a Long Time
It's been quite awhile since I blogged here. Actually I'm slightly regretting that I set up this blog. I have...
2007-01-13
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Adding value to our organizations
Sean McCown writes in the latest Database Underground about how DBAs should try and make things better for users of...
2007-01-09
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Most humorous line I've read in a while
This is from Michael Kaplan's blog over at MDSN. He was writing about the power outage that affected the Northwest...
2007-01-07
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Shared Items on Google Reader
I read through a lot of blogs each day in a variety of technology categories. I've always fashioned myself as...
2007-01-06
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Blogs
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers