Please Provide PASS with Feedback on its Speaker’s Resource Pages
The PASS Program Committee is gearing up for the 2010 PASS Community Summit “Call for Speakers”, and it would like...
2010-03-04
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How Not to Write a Resume Cover Letter
Although I am not currently a hiring manager, I occasionally receive unsolicited resumes from people looking for work. I just...
2010-03-03
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Using the OUTPUT clause to retrieve new identity values from SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has a new KB article outlining issues with using SCOPE_IDENTITY and @@IDENTITY to retrieve values inserted into an identity...
2010-03-03
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SQLSaturday #44!
Andrew Karcher and Marlon Ribunal are heading up SQLSaturday #44 scheduled for April 24, 2010 at Golden West College in...
2010-03-03
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Bookstores and Databases
My wife is a Board member for Project LEARN in Medina County, Ohio (just southeast of Cleveland). Last night at...
2010-03-03
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Baby Steps to Learning Something New
I had a really bad habit of trying to jump into the middle of something I didn't know very well,...
2010-03-03
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Notes from the 2010 South Florida Code Camp
Drove down with the family Friday afternoon, not much traffic and a smooth trip. Checked into the Residence Inn just...
2010-03-03
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Recovering Data and Transactions
Recently I wrote about the disaster recovery issue recently at SQLServerCentral. Someone sent me a note asking why I didn’t...
2010-03-03
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Mitigating Consulting Risks
In my last post on consulting, Isn’t Consulting Risky?, I contended that in many respects, when done with sufficient forethought...
2010-03-02
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Using Excel 2007 in SSIS 2005
Many companies are not in a rush to upgrade their SQL Servers because of the enormous cost to upgrade. This...
2010-03-02
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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
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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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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