Jumpstart TV Video
If you are new to SQL Server, you might be interested in viewing a video that covers the terms you use...
2006-09-11
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NTFS Allocation Unit Size
I ordered some new drives for our Dell server from "This Old Store" recently and they came on Tuesday of...
2006-09-08
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SQL Server 2005 Scripts on TechNet
I've not been posting over the last week because I'm in the midst of a
two week vacation, the first I've...
2006-09-01
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Dallas Code Camp 2006
Generally I don't look forward to giving up an entire Saturday at work. However, today's Dallas Code Camp was an...
2006-08-29
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Removing SQL Server Express from VS Team System for Database Professionals CTP 5
As I indicated in my previous post, Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals CTP 5 Out,
if you don't already...
2006-08-24
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Downtime
Under the category of working too fast, today's downtime was brought to you by me.
I've been working an issue with...
2006-08-23
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Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals CTP 5 Out
If you aren't aware, the Visual Studio Team System for Database
Professionals CTP 5 is available for download. It's a significantly
larger...
2006-08-23
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The Importance of Database Coding Standards
I was working with a developer the other day and the question came up
of how to return status from a...
2006-08-17
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Long Time No See
OK, it's been a long time since I made an entry here, mostly because I've been busy and keep forgetting...
2006-08-15
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2006-08-09
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Blogs
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...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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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