The week that was: Friday 15th July 2010
This is just a short post for a Friday, I have no technical content ready to publish today but lots...
2010-07-16
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Book Review: Rework
I recently read Rework by Jason Fried of 37 Signals ($13 @ Amazon) and it talks about a lot of philosophy...
2010-07-16
542 reads
SubQuery Performance
Why would you do this?
select distinct(hostname),
(select count(*) as criticalCnt
from @temp where severity_guid='0168A833-1732-411E-8205-C2F6CD91737D'
and hostname=t.hostname
group by hostname),
(select count(*) as criticalCnt...
2010-07-16
1,923 reads
How Can I Quickly Script Out Replication?
This script takes a distribution server name and an output directory as parameters then works through all publications on each of the servers that connects to the distribution server,...
2010-07-16
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How Can I Quickly Script Out Replication?
This script takes a distribution server name and an output directory as parameters then works through all publications on each of the servers that connects to the distribution server,...
2010-07-16
53 reads
How Can I Quickly Script Out Replication?
I recently finished taking down a bunch of servers that I was using to scale out my environment by forcing...
2010-07-16
518 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of July 19, 2010
This will start a new trend on my blog. Every Friday morning I'll have a blog post covering the free SQL...
2010-07-15
749 reads
Curb those Cursors !
With query performance becoming a constant battle, its often a forgotten fact that cursors should be avoided (in the majority...
2010-07-15
688 reads
“One of the Pack to Top Dog”
My first guest editorial published !
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/70725/
Would appreciate any comments you have.
2010-07-15
579 reads
Scanning Without Wires - Epson Workforce 610
We are trying to buy another property here at the ranch. My wife had to leave town in the middle...
2010-07-15
747 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
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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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