2014-12-04 (first published: 2014-11-17)
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Scripts
2014-12-02 (first published: 2014-11-12)
2,293 reads
Create Table At Runtime
With the help of this script we can generate Create Table Script At Run Time.
2014-11-27 (first published: 2014-11-06)
1,176 reads
Function for Proper Case - Most easiest way
This function is used to manage the alphabet case, which means the first letter of all the words will be in caps.
2014-11-26 (first published: 2014-11-03)
1,286 reads
Identify Missing Sequence/Identity Numbers
This script is used to identify the missing sequence numbers or identity numbers.
2014-11-20 (first published: 2014-10-29)
1,116 reads
2014-11-19 (first published: 2014-10-29)
1,137 reads
Upload Backup Files to Amazon S3
This script will upload the latest backup files to an AWS S3 bucket
2014-11-14 (first published: 2014-09-14)
1,762 reads
Report on existing user connections
List user connections and possibly any linked server connections older than 1 hour
2014-11-13 (first published: 2014-10-22)
1,698 reads
2014-11-11 (first published: 2014-07-25)
2,667 reads
2014-11-10 (first published: 2014-10-01)
1,357 reads
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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