2013-04-01 (first published: 2013-03-08)
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2013-03-29 (first published: 2013-03-08)
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Backup history details EMAIL (past 24 hours) in HTML format
Get backup status email daily to your inbox in HTML format.
2013-03-27 (first published: 2013-03-14)
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2013-03-26 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Monitor current transactions and get all required information
Check which transactions are running, query text, percent complete , query_plan, wait_type, and how long they have been running etc. - with one command.
2013-03-25 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Powershell - Document your environment
This script is an improvement from my original script entitled "Powershell - Query SQL Servers Operating system details".
2013-03-22 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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2013-03-21 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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2013-03-19 (first published: 2013-03-01)
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Script to get max dates on tables that contain a certain column.
This script will allow you to get maximum date associated with tables that contain a certain column.
2013-03-18 (first published: 2013-02-22)
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2013-03-15 (first published: 2013-02-21)
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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