Attend the PASS Summit From Home
You there, sitting in your cube and fuming at all the PASS Summit talk: you couldn’t talk your company into...
2010-11-01
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Motivational Monday
In life there are not many guarantees. For DBA’s and developers there are a few:
1. Backups will become corrupted but...
2010-11-01
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More Voting
As if the US Election and SQL Rally voting were not enough (and have you voted yet for the SQL...
2010-11-01
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November Snuck Up on Me
I should have gotten this post out last week with another follow-up this week. Well, looks like I will have...
2010-11-01
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Fusion-io, What It Takes To Be On The Cutting Edge
I recently had the privilege to talk with David Flynn, former CTO, Founder and newly minted CEO about Fusion-io. How...
2010-11-01
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SQLSaturday#59 Update! - 3 weeks to go.....the after PASS East Coast Special!
SQLSaturday#59 Update!
Well, the event is now less than 3 weeks away (better finish my presentation 🙂 and there are 450+ attendees...
2010-11-01
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Android Adventures–Part 1
I’ve used a Blackberry for the better part of 10 years, loyalty built because as a phone and an emailing...
2010-11-01
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Finding Your Dream Job
My pre-conference session for the SQL Rally conference in the spring is called “Finding Your Dream Job”. Chris Shaw ( LinkedIn...
2010-11-01
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November Question: What steps do you include in your database maintenance?
Database maintenance is a critical task for every DBA. For this month’s question, list the typical steps that you use...
2010-11-01
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Rescheduled: SQL Lunch #42 - Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server
Last Wednesday I woke up feeling under the weather with a hoarse voice. I wasn't up to doing the presentation...
2010-11-01
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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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