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October 2007 - Posts

• Change the Server Collation of SQL Server 2005

  A nice little change in SQL Server 2005 has been the ability to change the collation of the server. Back in the day, circa SQL 2000, changing collation and reinstalling SQL Server were pretty much the same thing. By pretty much, I mean the exact same Read More... Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:14 PM by Jason | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005

• The 2008 PASS Community Summit

  PASS announced next year's summit the other day. Be like me and start thinking ahead for next year's summit since it should be interesting with it being shortly after the launch of SQL Server 2008. The 2008 PASS Community Summit will be held: November Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:53 PM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008

• Restoring a Database with Symmetric Encryption

  For those unfamiliar with encryption in SQL Server, this article is a nice introduction to symmetric encryption in SQL Server 2005. I've only used encryption a few times and it's definitely been the godsend that the article states. I referenced the article Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:27 PM by Jason | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005