Blogger Awards
A few days ago I wrote about an election that was taking place (ok so it was a week ago...
2010-11-10
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Check the .NET Framework Version Installed
I haven’t ever worried about this, but I had the need recently to check. I was looking a SQL Sentry’s...
2010-11-10
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Appending Date to End of Report Name in Reporting Services Subscription
Recently, a friend of mine asked me how he could have the date appended to the end of a file...
2010-11-09
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Blogging and Saving Money at the Same Time
I enjoy blogging. I enjoy passing on the information that I have gathered over the years. I also enjoy doing...
2010-11-09
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Android Tablet
I was in Best Buy, actually returning a couple iPads the other day. I had gotten a few for a...
2010-11-09
1,517 reads
White Paper of Supportability Roadmaps
Last week, a new white paper was released that discusses supportability roadmaps for ISVs. The white paper is Testing and...
2010-11-09
681 reads
Back Home
And glad to be there. I was gone almost 7 days, home only for 24:15:00 before back out on another...
2010-11-09
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First Impressions
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Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” (CTP1) – 11.0.1103.9 (X64)
I’ve been playing with the CTP for a few days (with absolutely no...
2010-11-09
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Day 1 at SQLPASS Keynote Address
Microsoft announced the RTM of SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, which will be available as an appliance in...
2010-11-09
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PASS Summit 2010-Tuesday
Started my day by going up to the club floor for the continental breakfast, met Mark Souza on the elevator...
2010-11-09
565 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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