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I didn’t have a chance to blog this yesterday (January 11, 2010), but my most recent video, Dynamic SQL Using...
2010-01-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #2 – Data Conversions
Adam Machanic started the idea of a blog party last month, getting people to write about date and time issues...
2010-01-12
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January OPASS Meeting Tonight
Tonight is the January meeting for OPASS and we have a great schedule for the evening.
Robert Hurwitz a developer for...
2010-01-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #2 – Data Conversions
Adam Machanic started the idea of a blog party last month, getting people to write about date and time issues...
2010-01-12
524 reads
SQL Lunch #8 – SSRS Data Driven Subscriptions (Devin Knight)
Join Devin Knight for a SQL Lunch at 12:30 EST today to hear about using the SSRS Data Driven Subscriptions!...
2010-01-12
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Installing WordPress
Last week I posted about Picking a Blog Platform on some of the process that lead to me moving to...
2010-01-12
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Intel Intelligent Home Energy Management
Last week at CES 2010, Intel showed off a proof of concept device for a home energy management dashboard. This...
2010-01-12
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Finding Invalid SQL Logins
As many of you know the system stored procedure sp_validatelogins is used for finding invalid logins. Although sp_validatelogins is useful there's...
2010-01-12
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A Time and a Place for the SQL Server Maintenance Plan Wizard
Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
In the course of my job, I get to give a lot of presentations,...
2010-01-11
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Lock configuration setting and preventing locking contention
The locks configuration option for SQL Server controls the number of locks available in SQL Server. You can view this...
2010-01-11
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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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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