The New Leader - 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
1,438 reads
Sunday Morning
I woke up early, with my schedule a bit messed up from last week and yesterday. I was tempted to...
2008-09-28
1,430 reads
Midlands PASS October Meeting - SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard
Midlands PASS Chapter - October 2, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled...
2008-09-26
1,796 reads
Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-09-26
1,418 reads
Cheap Vacation/Travel Books
As you've probably noticed via the blog I read a lot; technical, fiction, and non-fiction. Reading can be an expensive...
2008-09-25
1,727 reads
Prometheus
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-09-25
1,587 reads
SQL Server 2008 (Verisoni i ri RTM)
Pershendetje te gjithve...edhe perkunder voneses se postimeve te njepasnjeshme ne blog si duket deri me tani jeni njoftuar te gjithe...
2008-09-25
1,825 reads
Laptops Part 2
EarlierI mused a bit about when and why it makes sense to upgrade to a new laptop. One note I...
2008-09-24
2,028 reads
First Time Attendees At User Groups
Several years ago during the first iteration of the Orlando SQL Server Users Group I talked a friend into attending....
2008-09-23
1,839 reads
DLP Technology
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-09-23
1,533 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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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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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