Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular Activities
Recently I presented two sessions at SQL Saturday #43 in Redmond, WA. The night prior to the event, many...
2010-07-03
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A Special Belated Happy Canada Day to Leader of the Official Opposition
Dearest Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Official Leader of the Opposition,
First of all, 'appy appy Birthday...
2010-07-03
1,319 reads
PAL 2.0 Beta Released
Back in 2008, I wrote a blog post about version 1 of the Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) tool. This...
2010-07-03
1,116 reads
Database Configuration Checklist
This is number four in a series of checklists that I am putting together for a new book I am...
2010-07-03
3,594 reads
There will be no 'Free Lunch' -just great feelings of accomplishment
NEW: Project Criteria and Submission Here I was again awarded the ‘Most Valuable Professional’ (MVP) designation from Microsoft for my...
2010-07-02
553 reads
Using a UDF as a SARG. Make a hash of it!
I am somewhat uncomfortable blogging this, as I feel that it falls into “Polish a turd” category. Having said that,...
2010-07-02
746 reads
The Raw Bloopers
A raw dump of stuff from Memorial Day 2010 until July 4, 2010
Since Community Server has trouble with this,...
2010-07-02
611 reads
SQL Blog (Basic)
1. SQL Objects
a. Stored Procedures : a bunch of SQL statement which can be stored under one name.
Adventages :
can be used...
2010-07-02
1,056 reads
Taking Time Off
I’m trying to better manage my workload. When I owned this site, I struggled to find time off, and typically...
2010-07-02
350 reads
Winner of the June SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question of the month was:
What is your best advice for boosting index performance?
As usual, selecting the winning entry...
2010-07-02
438 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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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