SQL Server Agent Jobs Statistics
This script will give you a thorough report about sql server jobs based on historical data.
2017-07-26 (first published: 2013-09-25)
2,187 reads
Scripts
Script DB Level Permissions v4.3
Script database and object level permissions for all database users
2017-07-25 (first published: 2016-02-26)
15,471 reads
2017-07-24 (first published: 2017-07-12)
637 reads
Add a login to multiple SQL Servers
This is a simple powershell script that will add a particular login to multiple SQL Server instances in a go.
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-04)
1,950 reads
2017-07-18 (first published: 2015-10-16)
1,763 reads
XML import from a Cross-tab Report
Source xml is a rendition of a cross-tab report. I show the evolution of a Spackle solution for import as a SQL resultset.
2017-06-08 (first published: 2017-06-01)
498 reads
PBM Policy / WMI query to see which CPUs are in power-saving mode
A simple PBM policy which uses WMI to find out if the CPUs in the target are running at their maximum clock speed.
2017-06-06 (first published: 2011-01-14)
2,109 reads
2017-06-05 (first published: 2016-08-15)
956 reads
Getting TEXT, NTEXT and IMAGE columns in Database
As per Microsoft documentation these types will be removed from future version
2017-06-02 (first published: 2017-05-31)
2,916 reads
Function to Round or Truncate DateTime
This Function is used to round to Second, Minute, Hour or Day or to Truncate to Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Month or Year and return Datetime Value
2017-05-31 (first published: 2017-05-23)
4,398 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...
Forums
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