Daily Coping 11 June 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-11
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Azure SQL Database – Secondary Database and Tiers
On the theme of failover groups let’s do a quick recap on my environment. As shown below you can see the secondary database server called spacesql in West Europe....
2021-06-11
104 reads
Daily Coping 10 June 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-10
32 reads
CROSS vs OUTER APPLY
I love CROSS APPLY. I also love OUTER APPLY. What’s the difference though? The same difference as with an INNER ... Continue reading
2021-06-21 (first published: 2021-06-10)
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Setting up a Full Text Index–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a question recently on Full Text...
2021-06-18 (first published: 2021-06-09)
259 reads
Setting DebugPreference for Testing–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I was working on a PoSh script recently...
2021-06-09
52 reads
Data Fabric defined
Another buzzword that you may have been hearing a lot about lately is Data Fabric. In short, a data fabric is a single environment consisting of a unified architecture...
2021-06-09
18 reads
Data Fabric defined
Another buzzword that you may have been hearing a lot about lately is Data Fabric. In short, a data fabric is a single environment consisting of a unified architecture...
2021-06-21 (first published: 2021-06-09)
443 reads
Things to check when restoring a database
Whenever I restore a database — especially one I obtained outside of my regular environment (for example a customer database, a development database, or even a sample database like...
2021-06-09
50 reads
Daily Coping 9 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-09
32 reads
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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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