T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Logging
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month Aaron Nelson (blog | @sqlvariant) is hosting. The topic is logging, and if...
2012-06-12
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Blog Posts
Using PowerPivot to Monitor Reporting Services
PowerPivot is a powerful new tool from Microsoft that has been improved even more in the 2012 release, which you...
2012-06-12
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Creating a Filetable
How do you create a filetable? I assume you’ve enabled Filestream and created a filegroup for your filestream and filetable...
2012-06-11 (first published: 2012-06-05)
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ORM Tools
ORM tools. They’re great. They’re evil.
In the right hands, used the proper way, they can be a very powerful, very...
2012-06-11
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Performance reviews – Self-evaluations
My annual performance review at work is coming up shortly, and this year they’ve decided to do things a bit...
2012-06-11
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RANKING Function in plain SQL
Below examples will show that we can still write a pure sql query for RANK, DENSE_RANK and ROW_NUMBER without using...
2012-06-11
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RANKING Function in plain SQL
Below examples will show that we can still write a pure sql query for RANK, DENSE_RANK and ROW_NUMBER without using RANK() function.DECLARE @StudentScore TABLE(StudentName VARCHAR(1),StudentScore INT)INSERT @StudentScore VALUES ('A',85),...
2012-06-11
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Slipping in a Break
I know some people like long holidays, but I tend to prefer short ones. Today is one of those breaks...
2012-06-11
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Sorry, Mikko, the box was already open
In a blog post F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), indicated that with the US participating in cyberattacks...
2012-06-11 (first published: 2012-06-05)
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (June 2012)
Here is the latest version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements, including...
2012-06-11
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Blogs
Day 2 at PASS Data Community Summit 2024
By Steve Jones
I missed blogging yesterday as I was on stage/backstage for quite a bit of...
PASS Summit 2024 – Wednesday
By Brian Kelley
A common theme in the PASS Summits I've attended is community and that's definitely...
Taming Database Challenges: Insights from Redgate Keynote
By Chris Yates
I am excited to cover the Microsoft Keynote on Day 2: Redgate Keynote: Simplifying...
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Backing up the Database Encryption Key
In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers