Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping in SQL Server Integration Services 2005
This paper describes the Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping transformations that are part of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS). These SSIS transformations are useful for improving the data quality of existing data as well as new data that is being loaded into your database.
Internals of DBM Failover / Role Switching
Understanding different types of failovers/Role Switching and How do they internally work in database mirroring.
A Common Architecture for Loading Data
Importing data files is always a challenge for a DBA, especially when the files might vary in format. Having one codebase is important and new author Mark Balasundram brings us the template for a high performance application to do just that.
Scaling Out
Scaling out is hard to do with SQL Server, but why doesn't Microsoft build a better solution?
Service Pack 3
Vote for Service Pack 3!!! For SQL Server 2005. As of now, Microsoft has no plans to release Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005. I sent them our poll results, but we need more votes. Let them know this is important by voting on Connect. Vote Now!!!! Update: There's a post that they hear […]
Employ Metadata to Enhance Search Filters
Discover how to use metadata for pooling information already resident in an application to create a flexible search interface that reduces complexity and increases users' productivity.
Monitoring Stored Procedure Performance with sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
This article will show you how to use the sys.dm_exec_cached_plans DMV to monitor the performance of stored procedures
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Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
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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)...
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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