MDX Puzzle #4 - Solution
This puzzle may not have been much of a challenge, but it introduced two new MDX concepts. I have to...
2010-07-30
1,563 reads
Making a Career Change of My Own
Making a Career Change of My Own
I commented about a month ago on the high profile career changes that seemed...
2010-07-30
2,488 reads
Presenting to the West Michigan SQL Server User Group / SQL PASS Chapter (Rescheduled)
Presenting to the West Michigan SQL Server User Group / SQL PASS Chapter (Rescheduled)
My presentation scheduled for earlier this week to...
2010-07-30
1,649 reads
DevLINK, Music City’s Own Technical Conference
To many, August represents the lazy dog days of summer when it’s too hot to even think about going outside....
2010-07-30
1,468 reads
Personal or Professional Ethics
Steve Jones had an interesting blog post the other day, Do as I Say, Not as I Do, and I...
2010-07-30
1,537 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of August 2, 2010
Tuesday
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter - Parallelism and Performance - Are You Getting Full Return on Your CPU Investment? - Adam Machanic
Thursday
SQL Lunch - Analysis...
2010-07-30
1,578 reads
SQL University – Other Capacity Issues
This is the final lecture this week at SQL University. We are covering the topic of capacity planning this week...
2010-07-30
2,657 reads
Schedule Announced for SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando
Our schedule for this year has 47 one hour sessions plus another 6 “mini” fifteen minute presentations, plus a separate...
2010-07-30
1,372 reads
SSC Editorial: Becoming Highly Productive
This editorial is about the idea of being highly productive more than how to actually accomplish it. Most of us...
2010-07-30
1,395 reads
Schedule Published for SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
Just released, http://www.sqlsaturday.com/51/schedule.aspx?sat=51. Five tracks, lots of good speakers, but I see a few new names too. Looks like a...
2010-07-29
1,373 reads
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Car Update: August 2026
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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...
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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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