Do You Need A Log Recovery Tool?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post dispelling the myth that the simple recovery model disables the transaction...
2013-11-04
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RealSQLGuy - Helping You To Become A SQL Hero
Building The Redneck Treadmill Desk
Don’t tell Brent Ozar, but here’s another DBA writing another helpful article about shrinkage. Before he gets bent out of...
2013-11-08 (first published: 2013-11-04)
3,975 reads
sp_BackupDatabases v1.2
I just posted a new version of sp_BackupDatabases. The biggest change is that the procedure now creates one-time SQL Agent...
2013-10-29
1,623 reads
What’s In My Utility Belt? Issue #1
Welcome to the first issue of what I hope will become a monthly series called “What’s In My Utility Belt?”....
2013-10-29
557 reads
SQL Query Formatting – Putting Lipstick On A Pig
“Psssst….”
“Hey buddy! Yeah, you there in the propeller hat. You’re a SQL nerd, right? Can you help me tune this...
2013-10-24
919 reads
No, Simple Mode Doesn’t Disable The Transaction Log
If you’ve spent any time with me in person, trading war stories, you’ve likely heard my rant about the consultant...
2013-10-21
6,266 reads
One-stop Shopping for Backups
First, let me say that yes, I’m aware of Ola Hallengren’s excellent set of maintenance scripts, including those for doing...
2013-10-05
382 reads
New Blog Series – Origins
I’ve been struggling for months to bring this blog back to life. I’d love to produce content dedicated to the...
2013-10-02
432 reads
Using A Non-correlated Subquery To Avoid DISTINCT
Nobody wants duplicate data. It’s messy, wastes space, and looks really bad on a report – I get that. What I...
2013-10-02
1,324 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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