My upcoming Online Speaking Engagements
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the essential knowledge you need to know about performance...
2021-05-03
11 reads
Introduction to Azure Database Services
Azure SQL database is a cloud based Database as a Service provided by Microsoft Azure platform. This service is based on the traditional SQL Server(more...)
2021-05-02
19 reads
Fix The “can’t start MySQL in XAMPP” Error in a Simple Way
XAMPP is an essential support software for website administrators and programmers, but installing XAMPP is not easy. Most of the time during the installation process, users often encounter an error...
2021-05-01
15 reads
Fix The “can’t start MySQL in XAMPP” Error in a Simple Way
XAMPP is an essential support software for website administrators and programmers, but installing XAMPP is not easy. Most of the time during the installation process, users often encounter an error...
2021-05-01
886 reads
Recent updates on my work with Data Vault and Azure Data Factory
(2021-May-01) My first time working with a Data Vault modeling was in 2018, where I started and continued my journey to explore this approach or creating a scalable mechanism to...
2021-05-01
520 reads
Remote Work
This is going to be the first time I’m working remotely today in over a year. I’m in Omaha, and while I’ve gone to a few cities, I haven’t...
2021-04-30
12 reads
Daily Coping 30 Apr 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-04-30
12 reads
Daily Coping 29 Apr 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-04-29
11 reads
WITDC Mental Health and Wellness Day- May 7th
Next Friday WITDC is having a Mental Health and Wellness Day virtual event and I’ll be speaking! I can’t tell ... Continue reading
2021-04-29
34 reads
Query to find Nonclustered Index clashing with Clustered Index
It’s being quite a long time when I made the last post. Actually, I was lacking a topic that should trigger me to write. Finally, I got one when...
2021-05-12 (first published: 2021-04-28)
955 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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