East Coast PASS Event Options
After asking members about where the PASS Summit should be located and then deciding to keep it in Seattle for...
2010-05-24
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Image Testing
One of the things I heard recently from someone was that they clicked some of the links in the newsletter...
2010-05-24
689 reads
PASS Update #33 (SQLSaturday Transfer)
I’ve just finished handing over the source code for all the SQLSaturday related items after finishing up a couple minor...
2010-05-24
493 reads
The World Famous Stapler Method
This is long overdue and goes out to my buddies from the SSAS Class I taught late last year. Two...
2010-05-24
410 reads
SQL Saturday Jacksonville
Well, for those of you who attended, SQL Saturday Jacksonville, was, well I’ll say it, EPIC. Between all the great...
2010-05-24
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MS Airlift Event in Seattle
I have posted several entries lately about events that I’ve been attending, speaking and listening at and one of the...
2010-05-24
700 reads
Upcoming SQL Events
I realized this morning that I will be participating in three SQL Events this week and I want to share...
2010-05-23
586 reads
IndyTechFest
What would get over 400 techies to give up a beautiful Saturday and spend the day inside learning about SQL...
2010-05-23
1,018 reads
Evernote and the posting of scripts.
I heard of EverNote sporadically in the Twitter community and from my boss. I had checked it out and it seemed like another place to store notes/tips/ideas. I thought to...
2010-05-23
8 reads
Evernote and the posting of scripts.
I heard of EverNote sporadically in the Twitter community and from my boss. I had checked it out and it seemed...
2010-05-23
553 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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