I come to you, humbled...
WOW! A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I would be offering a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to unemployed...
2010-07-21
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Popcorn Networking
A bit of a silly title, but an interesting story. A few weeks back I posted a note about attending...
2010-07-21
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The Sequence Table - Inline Assignment and Update
One thing I learned years ago in C programming was the elegance of using operators and simplifying expressions. This sometimes...
2010-07-21
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Raining Tuesday – Cricket Cancelled – Replication Stinks - SQL BITS VOTE NOW!
Well this was going to be replication post, but I have read it, re-written it, read it, re-written and it...
2010-07-20
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SQLBits 7
For those that may of missed it, voting for SQLBits sessions is now open. Make your voice heard and get...
2010-07-20
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JULY 31: SQL Saturday 40
SQL Saturday #40 is quickly approaching and many are gearing up for the trip down there to hear some awesome...
2010-07-20
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Hi, my name is SA
Hi! I’m SA! I’ll be your mentor during your stay at Innitrode! Actually, I’m everyone’s mentor here…anytime someone needs some...
2010-07-20
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PASSMN July Meeting Today
Don’t forget the July PASSMN meeting is today. We have Itzik Ben-Gan (blog) coming in to talk about some query...
2010-07-20
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July OPASS Meeting Wrap up
Last Tuesday, July 13th, we had our monthly OPASS meeting. The meeting was sponsored by RedGate who were kind enough...
2010-07-20
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Introducing Speakers
I saw this post (please do read it) about introducing speakers and it reminded me that I wanted to write...
2010-07-20
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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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