SQL Server 2011 - Code Name "Denali" & BOL
Many information via Twitter, LinkedIN, forums, blogs, including also here in SSC, have announced about new incmoing version of the...
2010-11-09
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November 2010 Version of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Apparently, when I posted this a few days ago, the Windows Live Writer plug-in that I used mangled the T-SQL...
2010-11-09
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SSC Editorial: Back in Time 100 Years
I wrote the editorial asking what people would have been if they had been born 100 years earlier. It’s a...
2010-11-09
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PASS Summit: Day 1 Keynote Live
It’s the first day of the PASS Summit 2010 and I”ll be live blogging the first keynote here. Click on...
2010-11-09
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SQL PASS 2010 Keynote, Day 1
The day 1 keynote was kicked off by a Tina Turner impersonator doing a rendition of “Simply the Best”. Rushabh...
2010-11-09
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Priorities and the PASS Summit
As most of you know, I am not attending the PASS Summit this year. I had all my plans made,...
2010-11-09
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MS SQL Server 2011 aka Denali, Next Version of SQL Server - CTP 1 Now available!
Ladies and Gentlemen, SQL Server 2011, aka Denali, CTP 1 is now available as public download :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9
Although, I'm not attending...
2010-11-09
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Official Blogger at 2010 PASS Summit
I will be one of the “official” bloggers during the 2010 PASS Summit, which means that I get to sit...
2010-11-09
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Windows 7 in GodMode
I recently became aware of a special hack in Windows 7. It is called GodMode and can very simply be...
2010-11-09
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The Future Of PASS Elections
Am I stirring up a hornets nest or beating a dead horse bringing up a the PASS elections the day...
2010-11-08
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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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