Live Writer - Paste from Visual Studio
This is a test of the plug in “Paste From Visual Studio”. I had this code sitting in SSMS and...
2010-05-13
808 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 6
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-13
560 reads
Let’s Play, “Why did it do that?”
On my current project I decided to be flexible and allow the use of Linq to SQL to try to...
2010-05-13
274 reads
Formatting Code in LiveWriter
I was getting tired of pre-formatting code in LiveWriter. I love that software, but a couple of the technical things...
2010-05-13
930 reads
Upgrading to SQL 2008 R2
Had this on my list todo list, upgrade my laptop that just had plain old SQL 2008 on it. The...
2010-05-13
616 reads
Career Advice for the Novice SQL Server DBA
In April, I ran a Question of the Month that asked, “What advice would you offer a novice DBA in...
2010-05-13
979 reads
SQL Server Azure features limitation
SQL Server Azure, fully relational cloud database solution, is new possibility of the database administration and maintenance. I'm not going...
2010-05-13
1,071 reads
Upcoming SQL Lunch Webcasts
First, I would like to thank all that have attended and supported the SQL Lunch during our first year. We...
2010-05-13
696 reads
IndyTechFest 2010 Offers Free Training
For the third year in a row, IndyTechFest will offer free training for SQL Server DBAs and Developers, .NET Developers,...
2010-05-12
581 reads
Database Mail set up in SQL Server 2008
by Abi Chapagai – Saturday, May 08, 2010
I have recently set up database mail in SQL Server 2008 in production SQL...
2010-05-12
37,830 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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