2017-09-04
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Editorials
Improving Log Shipping
Today Steve Jones looks at possible ways to improve log shipping and asks for your input as well.
2017-09-01
87 reads
Appreciating New Perspectives
Today Steve Jones talks about understanding and having empathy for other points of view.
2017-08-31
82 reads
Database Development Made Easy?
Today Steve Jones has a few thoughts on the complexity and cumbersome nature of database development.
2017-08-30
111 reads
Graphing Performance
Are graph databases worth using? Steve Jones looks at a report that questions their value at this time.
2017-08-28
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2017-08-28
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The Career Bucket List
Steve Jones asks you to look forward in your career, perhaps setting goals that move you forward.
2017-08-25
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2017-08-24
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2017-08-23
79 reads
Jumping Ahead
There are times when you look back and times when you look forward in your career. Sometimes, however, we might try to push forward too fast.
2017-08-22
71 reads
Blogs
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Forums
Symmetric Key Encryption
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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