2013-03-11 (first published: 2013-02-20)
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Scripts
2013-03-08 (first published: 2009-10-02)
3,406 reads
SQL 2012 Always On Status Report
This script will produce a report on the status of the Always On replication.
2013-03-05 (first published: 2013-02-08)
4,068 reads
Copy Triggers from One DB to Another
A simple script that transfers triggers from one database to another.
2013-03-04 (first published: 2013-02-12)
4,045 reads
2013-02-28 (first published: 2013-02-12)
1,152 reads
ERRORFILE and MAXERRORS option with BULK INSERT
ERRORFILE and MAXERRORS option are rarely used important arguments in BULK INSERT so, I will try to highlight the use of these arguments in this script.
2013-02-27 (first published: 2013-02-14)
6,117 reads
Powershell - Query SQL Servers Operating system details
The script works through the CMS you have set up to manage your environment and gathers various server information.
2013-02-26 (first published: 2013-02-05)
1,672 reads
List Jobs and their respective programming.
List all active Jobs in SQL Server with the details of the schedule.
2013-02-25 (first published: 2013-02-07)
1,310 reads
2013-02-22 (first published: 2013-02-05)
1,792 reads
Script to Rebuild/Reorganise Indexes
A script to get the fragmentation of indexes in a database and then rebuild or reorganise accordingly
2013-02-19 (first published: 2013-01-29)
2,134 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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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