SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Pre-Conference with Louis Davidson
The planning team of SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and OPASS are proud to announce that there will be a pre-conference seminar...
2010-07-12
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SSIS - Enabling Logging
Have you ever had a scheduled run of one of your SSIS packages fail? Have you ever wished you had...
2010-07-12
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SQL Lunch Presentation Today and Wednesday
A heavy week for SQL Lunch with two presentations!
There is another SQL Lunch presentation scheduled for today at 12:30 EDT. Join...
2010-07-12
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Conversion Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Data Flow Pattern
I don't think I'm alone when I find myself having to convert several columns in my Data Flow from Unicode...
2010-07-12
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Old McDonalds and The Cow Store
As a child did you have a place that was your ‘thing’, something that just the mention of it would...
2010-07-12
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Settling or Pushing On
I read a blog recently that was titled: Time to Stop Settling. I think that the author (a friend) was...
2010-07-12
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Degree Seeker Week at SQL University, Extra Credit
Degree Seeker Week at SQL University, Extra Credit
Welcome back to Degree Seeker Week at SQL University. If you have returned...
2010-07-12
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Sunday Morning Work
Up early, the only one in the house, so I made coffee, sat down to check on SSC and the...
2010-07-11
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Separation of interface from implementation
One of the supposed advantages of the EF is that it abstracts you from
your database implementation. This is considered to...
2010-07-11
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Making A SQLPS Module
If you’re working with PowerShell and SQL Server one of things you’ll want to to do is load the SQL...
2010-07-10
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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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