Defensive Db Programming Chapter 02
This is the review of the second chapter of the book Defensive Database Programming. The title of this chapter is...
2010-07-15
1,825 reads
SQL RNNR
Gettin’ Skewled
Observe and Report
This month we get to frolic in our memories of school days. Thanks to HeadMaster Robert Davis (Blog...
2010-07-13
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TSQL 2sday Coming Up
TSQL Tuesday is fast upon us once again. In fact, in my time zone, it is just a day away.
This...
2010-07-12
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S3OLV July Recap
This month we had our first adventure in LiveMeeting presentations. We had the pleasure of listening to Jack Corbett give...
2010-07-12
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July SSSOLV UG Meeting
This is really late notice – apologies in advance.
We will be holding the LV UG meeting July 8th at the same...
2010-07-07
576 reads
SQL 2008 DTS
It’s a Bird…
No, not really. It’s just Windows 7. I have recently upgraded to Windows 7. I took the roundabout...
2010-07-07
3,436 reads
Q2 Goal Review
As we close out the Second Quarter of 2010 it is time to review progress made on the Goals I...
2010-07-06
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Who2 Article Published
I just had my second article published on June 14, 2010 at SQLServerCentral. I will be posting a follow-up to...
2010-06-22
995 reads
Declare Scalar Variable
Lately I have been going through a bunch of maintenance style scripts and fixing them. Along with fixing them, I...
2010-06-22
833 reads
24 HOP Available
Just a quick note. PASS has made the 24 Hours of PASS available via streaming video. You can check it...
2010-06-16
473 reads
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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