PASS Summit Evaluations
The big day has arrived and all the speakers are poring over their PASS Summit 2009 evaluations, me included. These...
2010-01-06
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Goals for 2010
So I’d planned to already have this done and published before the new year rolled around, but life got in...
2010-01-06
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Identity Values – Two things to know
I saw someone post a question recently about running out of identity values in an INT column. It happens, it’s...
2010-01-06
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The Right Attitude to be a Mentor
When I first reported to my duty assignment with the US Air Force, there were 3 sergeants in my shop....
2010-01-06
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Identity Values – Two things to know
I saw someone post a question recently about running out of identity values in an INT column. It happens, it’s...
2010-01-06
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Picking a Blog Platform
For the past couple years I’ve been using Community Server for blogging, only because that’s the platform that’s been part...
2010-01-06
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Primary Key Discovery
As a part of my DB documentation process for a large database, I needed a method to quickly show me...
2010-01-05
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How to obtain RecordCount (or Number of cases) from a DMX query
This one caught my eye on the Data Mining Forum and it is not the first time that this one...
2010-01-05
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Sometimes the tools don’t work
We have a lot of administrative tools for SQLServerCentral that are available online. Most of the work I do can...
2010-01-05
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2010 First Quarter Goals
I have been reading several blog postings about 2010 goals. First, I want to applaud all of you for setting...
2010-01-05
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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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