Data dictionary script
I restarted speaking with New Stars of Data today – I gave a talk on Database documentation. Below is the script I created to pull metadata into an excel...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-12)
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A Year of COVID-19
At this time last year, I was supposed to be in England. I coached the weekend of Mar 7-9, and was supposed to leave the evening of the 9th...
2021-03-12
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Daily Coping 12 Mar 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...
2021-03-12
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Daily Coping 11 Mar 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...
2021-03-11
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Quick NoLock with SQL Prompt
First, please, please, please, avoid NoLock. You can lose data, or get strange results, as Jason Strate demonstrates (blog | video). Before you read further or try this, read...
2021-03-10
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #011: Misconceptions
(If you would like to read the previous T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective entries, visit this link.) In October 2010, Sankar Reddy asked us which misconceptions we’ve been labouring under when...
2021-03-16 (first published: 2021-03-10)
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How SQL Server Synonyms Help Database DevOps
Synonyms inside SQL Server are one of those useful but forgotten features. A synonym is a database level object that allows you to provide an alternative name for another...
2021-03-10
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How SQL Server Synonyms Help Database DevOps
Synonyms inside SQL Server are one of those useful but forgotten features. A synonym is a database level object that allows you to provide an alternative name for another...
2021-03-15 (first published: 2021-03-10)
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Daily Coping 10 Mar 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...
2021-03-10
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Right sizing int : T-SQL Tuesday #136
Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) is our host this month, which will make this the most popular #tsql2sday to date I’m sure. ... Continue reading
2021-03-15 (first published: 2021-03-09)
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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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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