SQL Bits and Community Superheroes
Chris Testa-O'Neil on the origins of SQL Bits and the joys of community events.
2015-02-10
155 reads
Editorials
Programming Rules and 'Best Practices' Can't Replace Professional Judgement
In which Phil Factor casts doubts on 'programming policies'. For certain, any IT team development requires plenty of methods of working that maximise productivity, but coding standards and ‘best practices’ have to be treated with caution. Programming rules can’t replace professional judgement
2015-02-09
210 reads
Inception
Inspired by the movie with the same name, Steve Jones has a Friday poll about inspiration and ideas.
2015-02-06 (first published: 2010-08-06)
209 reads
Interrupt Me, I'm Stagnating
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren with a few hints on how you can continue to be proactive as a DBA.
2015-02-05
206 reads
You Better Learn to Work at Scale
We are managing more and more systems and databases all the time. To Steve Jones, that means we must be able to work at scale.
2015-01-29
154 reads
Time for Learning
How do you find time for learning? More importantly, Steve Jones asks if you find time for actual use of your knowledge.
2015-01-27
272 reads
Which Problem Are You Solving?
This week Steve Jones talks a bit about problem solving and how you should approach the issue.
2015-01-26
111 reads
2015-01-23
380 reads
Getting IT Out of the Data Center
Technology shouldn't just be a cost sink in an organization, at least that's what Steve Jones thinks.
2015-01-22
118 reads
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
There's one word that can make a difference in how much you like your job. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
2015-01-21
223 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