Different Date Formats
You Can Find Some Date Functions and extracting the different Date Formats using the Convert and Cast
2012-03-23 (first published: 2007-10-26)
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Scripts
Split Function to break the Job History Message into a Table
Split Function for T-SQL Server to break the Job History Message into Table.
2012-03-22 (first published: 2012-03-05)
1,090 reads
Session complete status and estimated completion time
A small retake on the popular percent complete script which tell how much more time an executing command will take.
2012-03-21 (first published: 2012-03-07)
1,624 reads
Select the last error in the job selected
The job will send an HTML email with the latest error at specific job.
2012-03-15 (first published: 2012-03-05)
899 reads
Fix SSRS Subscription Owners
Stored procedure to update SSRS Subscription owners to avoid email errors.
2012-03-13 (first published: 2012-02-28)
1,465 reads
Get Top Queries Taxing SQL Server CPUs
Script which uses SQL Server DMOs to gather top CPU taxing queries which can benifit most from tuning.
2012-03-10
2,888 reads
Generate INSERT for table with IDENTITY column
Generate a "INSERT INTO...SELECT FROM" script for a table with an identity column.
2012-03-09 (first published: 2008-01-07)
4,250 reads
Testing all procs before upgrading to Compatibility Level 90
You can use this script to check if any procs will break under compatibility level 90.
2012-03-08 (first published: 2008-01-29)
4,371 reads
Shrink all databases
Procedure changes all databases' recovery mode to simple and shrinks them all (or at least it tries to).
2012-03-07 (first published: 2008-01-14)
3,926 reads
Sending Job Failed Information Through E-Mail Using T-SQL
Sending Job Failed Information Through E-Mail Using T-SQL.
2012-03-06 (first published: 2012-02-13)
2,327 reads
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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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