SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Return First Date of Month
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the third post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-11-06
540 reads
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the third post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-11-06
540 reads
This past week, November 3-4, the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections has a record 431 attendees. Below are some...
2010-11-06
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There’s no doubt that the PASS Summit is about learning. In just a few days you’ll max out your learning...
2010-11-06
706 reads
I just wanted to help spread the word that the PASS Summit Keynotes will be streamed live via LiveMeeting next...
2010-11-05
593 reads
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the fourth post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-11-05
589 reads
The 2010 PASS Summit is a few days away and my schedule has gone from wide open to booked solid!...
2010-11-05
651 reads
Earlier this week I posted the announcement about an informal get together on Sunday night November 7th for those arriving...
2010-11-05
1,094 reads
No speaker interview today, (didn't have time to format it today), just some reflection on the Speaker Interview Series, thus...
2010-11-05
658 reads
I’m doing the final and somewhat hectic work of preparing for the trip to Seattle for the PASS Summit. It’ll...
2010-11-05
686 reads
I developed an SSIS package that loads invoices, statements, pro-formas, etc. into a SQL Server table. The invoices are .pdf files and the business required that no identical documents...
2010-11-05
20 reads
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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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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