When Will You Begin Implementing SQL Server 2008?
As I have been talking to DBAs around the country, I have noticed a trend that many, if not most,...
2008-10-01
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Notes from the Sep 24, 2008 Orlando .Net User Group Meeting
I don't seem to find the time often, but recently I was able to fit in another visit to the...
2008-09-30
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Returning Stuff to Amazon
I've used Amazon for years for the sheer convenience, and recently was the first time I ever needed to return...
2008-09-29
1,464 reads
The Relational Manager and Managerial Relations - Why?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-09-29
1,363 reads
Technical Difficulties
Always something going wrong around here with the podcasts. Today I was editing a couple, or attempting to, and couldn't...
2008-09-29
1,444 reads
SQL Saturday Orlando
Make sure you make it to the next SQL Saturday event that I will be speaking at October 25, 2008...
2008-09-29
1,303 reads
Polos for SQLSaturday
One of things we've tried to do from the beginning is to provide each speaker & volunteer with a good quality...
2008-09-28
1,357 reads
The September Energy Update - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-09-28
1,346 reads
SMO Videos on JumpStartTV.com
Last month I got to head out to Orlando and spend a couple of days with Andy Warren and the...
2008-09-28
1,670 reads
Data Quality, Part 1: The Discovery
I wrote a post a few months back about a healthcare data conversion project that I’ve been working on for...
2008-09-28
1,964 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers