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Windows Server 2012 Deduplication – Should you use it with SQL Server Backups?

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Windows Server 2012 introduces native deduplication functionality. While this is a promising new Windows feature for other file types and characteristics, there are some potential pitfalls that you need to be aware of when it comes to deduplication specifically for SQL Server backup files.  More »

Mastering the Art of Conversation and Making Business Contacts

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Interviewing Tips for a Database Position

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Interviewing for a database position is a careful game of give and take. Knowing what to expect and how to prepare for your interview is important, but it's only half the battle. You'll also need to ask questions to see if the job, and the company, is a good fit for you.  More »

From the SQLServerCentral Blogs - Granting Permission to Grant Permissions

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I’ve never felt the need to allow this, but I saw someone ask the questions recently. Suppose you had a... More »

From the SQLServerCentral Blogs - Invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #39 – Can you shell what the PoSH is Cooking?

Wayne Sheffield from SQLServerCentral.com

T-SQL Tuesday Party History In case you’ve been hiding out in the desert, oblivious to all that goes on, there is... More »

This editorial was originally published on April 17, 2008. It is being re-published as Steve is on holiday.

Be ver-wy, ver-wy kwiet, I'm hunting de-welopers.

We are deep here in the heart of the evil empire...

Actually I'm up in the Microsoft offices in Redmond, trying to learn a bit more about SQL Server from the people that build the product. I'm rather surprised to see a fairly business-like atmostphere. Everyone has an office (a few people share), doors are often closed, and people are heads down working.

They're productive, but it's boring. Sounds are muted, there's no animation from the employees, it just seems like it could be an accounting firm as much as it could be a software developer. I'm not sure what I was expecting, maybe more people running around with Nerf dart guns, maybe more people excited and jazzed about what they're working on. A few loud "Yes"s or "Aha"s, following by someone outside their cube, reveling passerbys with the amazing code they're just written.

Most companies would probably just as soon have their employees with their heads down, doors closed, headphones on, writing code that they can actually use rather than dodging foam bullets. It's just a little disappointing for someone that was looking forward to a more fun, open atmosphere. I'm sure most people like having a private space, but I was imaging big bullpens where groups of developers would be pounding on keyboards, interacting and occassionally harassing each other while swigging down Mountain Dews and Rockstar energy drinks.

To be fair, the team is hard at work, getting SQL Server 2008 ready to ship this year. I'm sure we've got some news coming soon, perhaps this week at the MVP Summit. If there's anything I can release, I'll get you some notes. Being at the MVP Summit and listening to presentations from a variety of SQL Server teams, you can tell that most of these men and women enjoy what they do and they have a passion to build great software.

They're on an aggresive schedule and while I can't tell you when things are coming because of NDA, they are moving quickly.

Steve Jones from SQLServerCentral.com

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The Voice of the DBA Podcasts

The podcast feeds are now available at sqlservercentral.podshow.com to get better bandwidth and maybe a little more exposure :). Comments are definitely appreciated and wanted, and you can get feeds from there.

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No Podcasts today - I need a day off and got hung up at the Microsoft MVP Summit with no time to shoot anything.

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Today's Question:

I open up the default Thesaurus file for my language on my SQL Server 2008 instance and only add this code after the  first expansion set.

        <expansion>

            <sub>jumped</sub>

            <sub>leaped</sub>

        </expansion>

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Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views

This is the book that will de-mystify the process of using Dynamic Management Views to collect the information you need to troubleshoot SQL Server problems. It will highlight the core techniques and "patterns" that you need to master, and will provide a core set of scripts that you can use and adapt for your own requirements. Grab your copy today from Amazon!

I run this code:

CREATE VIEW MyView 
AS
 SELECT *
  FROM dbo.MyTable
GO

SELECT * FROM dbo.MyView

ALTER TABLE MyTable
  ADD x2 INT
GO

UPDATE MyTable
 SET x2 = 1
GO

SELECT * FROM dbo.MyView

However I only receive the one column with the same result set as in the first code block above. What do I need to run to ensure I get all the data back from the view?

By Steve Jones

Answer: EXEC sp_refreshview MyView

Explanation: Views do not necessarily update with schema changes. If they are not schema bound, then you need to specifically run sp_refreshview.

Ref: SP_REFRESHVIEW - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187821%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services

Harness your master data and grow revenue while reducing administrative costs. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest MDS features, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services, Second Edition shows how to implement and manage a centralized, customer-focused MDS framework. See how to accurately model business processes, load and cleanse data, enforce business rules, eliminate redundancies, and publish data to external systems. Security, SOA and Web services, and legacy data integration are also covered in this practical guide.

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Number of Working Days

Ervin Santiago from SQLServerCentral.com

Number of workings days in a month minus weekends and holidays. More »

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SQL Server 2005 : Administering

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SQL Server 2005 : Business Intelligence

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SQL Server 2005 : Data Corruption

Table data Corrupted - While Fetching record from a table we are getting below error for few records. Error:-Msg 823, Level 24, State 2,...

SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 General Discussion

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List of parameters having default values - I need a query / way to get the list of parameters in stored procedures in my database having default values...

SQL Server 2005 : SS2K5 Replication

Merge Replication - Agent jobs maintaining data - I am just learning about replication, as I have been asked to set up a merge replication for one of...

SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

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SQL Server 2005 : T-SQL (SS2K5)

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SQL Server 2005 : SQL Server Newbies

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SQL Server 7,2000 : Data Corruption

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SQL Server 2008 : SQL Server 2008 - General

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SQL Server 2008 : T-SQL (SS2K8)

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SQL Server 2008 : Working with Oracle

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SQL Server 2008 : SQL Server Newbies

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SQL Server 2008 : SQL Server 2008 High Availability

SQL Log Shipping out of sync - Comparing Log shipping Primary and Secondary Servers - Hello all, I have a SQL log-shipping High availability setup from a Primary Server to a Secondary Server which ships transactional...

SQL Server 2008 : SQL Server 2008 Administration

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Server configuration - Hi, I've a customer that has a weird infrastructure implemented to store his customers databases. He has 4 SQL Servers, with 1...

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SSIS - Database Transfer Wizard - @flags parameters is not valid - I'm trying to use copy database wizard to make a copy of a SQL Server 2005 database (9.0.3042) on a...

Hardware requirements for Central Management Server on SQL Server 2008 R2 - For the life of me I cannot seem to find hardware requirements for CMS on SQL Server 2008 R2. Are...

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Creating a new Management Data Warehouse and removing the old one - When I took on the Role of DBA, i inherited some leftovers from the previous DBA. One such leftover was...

SQL Maintenance job - Manual run/Scheduled run - Hi All, We have a weekly full backup job, daily differential backup job and hourly transaction log backup on our servers....

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SQLServerCentral.com : Anything that is NOT about SQL!

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SQLServerCentral.com : Suggestions

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Reporting Services : Reporting Services

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Data Warehousing : Integration Services

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Data Warehousing : Analysis Services

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