Celebrating Lives
Steve is asking for others to contribute to the sqlmemorial site for our #sqlfamily.
SQL Features Explorer
Working as a DBA or developer, one needs to check from time to time about the availability of a particular feature on different SQL Server versions and editions. Hence to avoid the complexity of the search process we have developed a tool that helps DBAs and developers to verify the selected features' availability on all […]
Managing, Editing and Comparing SQL Code Analysis Settings
If you need to manage multiple code analysis settings files, per team or database, you'll want a good way to document and manage the files, and to compare two files to see what changed.
SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan
Microsoft provides quite a few features for high availability and disaster recovery. In this article, Priya describes the HA/DR options.
Do as I say, not as I do
Steve wishes that Microsoft would follow some of their own advice on SQL Server development in their other software.
Merge Multiple Files in Azure Data Factory
A short tutorial on how to combine multiple files together in an Azure Data Factory Copy Data activity.
Typical uses of Oracle sequences
Oracle sequences supply unique numbers that can be used when populating tables. In this article, Jonathan Lewis explains the typical uses of Oracle sequences.
Using Data Scanning to Identify and Classify Sensitive Columns
SQL Data Catalog's new data scanning feature uses regular expressions and data dictionaries to identify where sensitive and personal data is stored in your databases.
Interconnected Temp Files
Links between systems can become a problem if an issue in one system affects the others.
Working with Azure IoT Central
Gathering data from sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) devices is becoming more and more common in many organizations. This introductory article shows how you can get started with IoT Central in Azure.
Blogs
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...
Resolving SQL Server Transaction Log Issues Efficiently
By Arun Sirpal
Transaction log issues are one of the quietest ways a healthy database turns into...
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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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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