SQL Server Service Broker Components - Message Types, Contracts and Queue
Arshad Ali discusses the Initiator, Target, Message Types, Contract and Queue--all components of SQL Server Service Broker (SSBS).
Google FUD
A recent headline that Google is dumping Windows because of security issues sounds like FUD to Steve Jones.
Paging and Versioning Using ROW_NUMBER()
Paging through results of data, or finding specific sets of data is something that most of us need to do. A new article from Lawrence Moore shows us how we can do this with ROW_NUMBER()
Introduction to Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008
There are numerous databases housing the same information and it's getting quite difficult to keep everything in line. I've heard from a number of departments who want a more centralized approach to handling customer data, but I don't know where to begin. Can you steer me in the right direction?
A new IDE for SQL Server?
Microsoft have been cooking up something for Database Developers in Visual Studio 2010, and Phil Factor has decided it's high time he looked into it. It's not as odd as it sounds, and is actually rather promising, as Phil discovers.
Finding the Context
Will computers become better at finding context in situations and environments? Steve Jones comments.
TSQL Challenge 32 - Clean up phrases by removing noise words
The idea of this challenge is to clean up the phrase from the words identified as 'noise' words from the beginning and end of sentences.
What, When, Where, How, Who2
Some background on sp_who2 from Jason Brimhall and a dive into the inner workings of how to find current activity on an SQL instance.
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server 2008
Tapas Pal shows you how to encrypt your SQL Server database for a pre-existing, business critical web application using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), a new full database encryption technique introduced in SQL Server 2008.
Bad Database Design
A guest editorial from Andy Warren looks at a bad database design he recently ran across.
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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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