2020-07-24
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The Lighter Side
2020-02-21
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Unreliable Data Sensors
Steve doesn't like the idea of cars using data from cameras to update a display instead of a mirror.
2019-09-30
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NASA officially orders its first segment of a lunar space station
"This time when we go to the Moon, we're actually ...
2019-05-23
2019-05-10
Pop Quiz: SQL 2000 Bug or SQL 2017 Bug?
Brent Ozar asks if you can tell if each of these SQL Server bugs is brand-new, or almost 20 years old.
2019-05-03
Massachusetts offshore wind project gets green light at roughly 8.9 cents/kWh
The Vineyard Wind project will also commit $15 million to battery development.
2019-04-24
These are the best new vehicles of the 2019 New York International Auto Show
American auto shows are in decline, but we still found a few things to excite.
2019-04-22
The Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo—to hybrid or not to hybrid?
The Panamera Turbo comes in two flavors, and the more powerful one is a hybrid.
2019-04-11
T-SQL Tuesday #113: A year of marriage and boardgames
This week’s T-SQL Tuesday is about where you use databases in your personal life. And I have a database I don’t use any more that’s a little happy and...
2019-04-09
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
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...
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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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