Filestream and Full-Text Issues
I'm tech editing a book on Full-Text Search for SQL Server 2008 and the last few weeks have been quite...
2008-08-01
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Nmap 4.68 Available
The network scanner Nmap has a new version out, 4.68. The GUI interface (Zenmap) which comes with the Windows installer version...
2008-08-01
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SQLSaturday Update (Aug 1, 2008)
SQLSaturday #5 in Olympia is progressing nicely. 85 registered, venue locked in, and work under way for fund raising via...
2008-08-01
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Tool Review: Hamachi VPN
Maybe I haven't looked at the right products, but two years ago when we needed a VPN solution there wasn't...
2008-07-31
1,480 reads
Members speaking at User Groups
The Midlands PASS chapter is approaching two years old. We've had some great speakers from the outside like MVPs Brian...
2008-07-31
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Microsoft Has a New Testing Mechanism - Not a Sim
It looks like Microsoft is working with Prometric to put out a different way of testing for certification. Basically, it's...
2008-07-31
1,355 reads
Reminder - Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7,...
2008-07-31
1,836 reads
Operation Hands Free
Recently I was driving home and as I made that turn into the sub-division where I live, over the course...
2008-07-30
1,356 reads
Stored Procedures Reconsidered
Quite the debate going on from today's editorial: Stored Procedures Reconsidered. I chimed in late, and going on the "pro-sprocs"...
2008-07-30
1,548 reads
Panel Interview Part III Posted
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, Part III of the SQL Server panel interview has been posted on-line. A name I...
2008-07-30
1,723 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