2008-06-18 (first published: 2008-05-15)
3,215 reads
Scripts
HowTo prevent BOL getting Online help
Books Online will try to connect to the net and it may get stuck if there is no internet connection.
2008-06-16 (first published: 2008-05-07)
439 reads
UDF to return a multi column table of values from an input string
This UDF returns a multi column table of values from an input string of comma separated values
2008-06-11 (first published: 2008-04-29)
1,822 reads
Powershell/SMO: Unload table schema, dri, perms & data.
PSH script to unload table schema, dri, permissions and data to file(s).
2008-06-10 (first published: 2008-05-07)
1,131 reads
2008-06-08
1,896 reads
Difference between two dates in weeks
Returns difference between two dates in weeks, takes into account @@DATEFIRST setting
2008-05-28 (first published: 2008-04-11)
1,296 reads
2008-05-27 (first published: 2008-04-10)
1,750 reads
2008-05-23 (first published: 2008-04-10)
2,170 reads
Backup all DBs of a SQL-Server Instance
Backup all DBs of a SQL-Server Instance depending on Environment Variable "DBBackupPath". The script also distinguishes between Instances
2008-05-22 (first published: 2008-03-28)
2,417 reads
2008-05-19 (first published: 2008-03-20)
940 reads
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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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