Monthly Archives: December 2011

Merry Christmas 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by way0utwest

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. The Voice of the DBA Podcasts Enjoy the blooper reel Watch the Windows Media Podcast – 21.3MB WMV  Watch the iPod Video Podcast – 15.2MB MP4 

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Backing up the Service Master Key

Posted on December 26, 2011 by way0utwest

Making a backup of your Service Master Key (SMK) should be one of the first things that you do if you are enabling encryption. This key encrypts and secures your other keys, and it will be needed when you have … Continue reading →

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All I want for Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s the Christmas holiday, and many of you might be already out celebrating and away from work this week. Today is usually a day off for many companies, with last minute preparations for the celebrations this weekend. Those of us … Continue reading →

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How many calls – A T-SQL Question

Posted on December 22, 2011 by way0utwest

I got a call from a friend recently that was looking for some query help. He was actually using Access, which I haven’t used in years. He knew a little T-SQL, so he could convert anything I gave him to … Continue reading →

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