Plagiarized
Today I ran into an interesting website. While I was trying to locate information concerning a SQL Saturday event, I...
2010-05-20
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What 5 things should SQL Server get rid of?
Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) recently kicked off this meme by listing the 5 things he thinks SQL Server should get rid of....
2010-05-20
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Using PATINDEX to Split Column Data
A colleague of mine received an Excel file that he needed to load into a table for future lookup values....
2010-05-20
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New SQL Standard Article
A new article for the SQL Standard is now available. You can find the article here. The article is by...
2010-05-20
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3: Providers, PSDrive
Providers What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and traverse-able just like a directory structure hard drive....
2010-05-20
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3: Providers, PSDrive
Providers
What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and...
2010-05-20
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 3
Providers
What are Providers? Providers in PowerShell are a hierarchical namespace way flattening out an infrastructure to make it accessible and...
2010-05-20
811 reads
SQL Server MasterClass – London
Further to my post on May 18th regarding the above event – I have been able to secure a further £50...
2010-05-20
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 11
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-20
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2010-05-20
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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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