Risk Analysis
This Friday Steve Jones asks about your spending on Disaster Recovery and is it in line with the risks involved.
Sending multiple rows to the Database from an Application: Part I
New author Mohd Nizamuddin brings us the start of a series that talks abuot how you can send multiple rows to the database from an application.
Manage Database Projects With Visual Studio 2010
This article demonstrates how to manage database projects with Visual Studio 2010.
Data Distribution - Part 2
In the second part of this series, Leo Peysakhovich provides a mechanism for tracking real time data changes.
Free Training Webinar Series - October
A series of free webinars from Pragmatic Works that cover a variety of topics in October.
From One of the Pack to ‘Top Dog’ – Honeymoon Period Over!
In part two of his editorial series on moving to being a manager, Justin H-Davies talks about the challenges that are evolving of being a manager.
A Haunting TSQL Tuesday Tale
Time for the ghouls and goblins to come out of the woodwork once again for another tale of deception and...
Policy-based Management and Central Management Servers
Whilst it may be more exciting as a DBA to rush around fixing broken databases, it is far better to forestall problems by making sure that your servers conform with best-practices. It is even better if you can also manage your servers centrally, and monitor that they are all adhering to company policies.
T-SQL Tuesday #12 - Misconceptions
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and I’m happy to participate again. This is a monthly blog party started by...
SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Session Schedule Announced
SQL Saturday is bringing a free day of training to NYC this November.
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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