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Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.

Marlon started working with SQL Server 2000 writing ad-Hoc queries as part of his tasks doing IT Support in a small document and information management company. In that same position, he also supported few software development projects as tester and troubleshooter (database connectivity issues between client & server, dataset queries, etc). In April 2007, he joined a Boeing Company subsidiary focusing on engineering data analysis. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional - MCTS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance. As an active member of the SQL Community in Southern California, he co-organizes SQL Saturday events in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. His online presences include: Tech Blog: Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc. Productivity & GTD Hack Blog: Productivity Bits Twitter: @MarlonRibunal

Archives: May 2012

Your SQL Server database just failed, can you restore the backup?

It’s one thing to be able to backup a database, it’s another thing to be able to restore it into an operational database in case of failure. We can run a simple TSQL to check the validity of a backup file. We can do something like this:

 RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM…

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Posted in Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc. on 9 May 2012

On the road less traveled: a DBA Roadmap review

The story of why I came up with this blog is no secret to the few readers I have here. In fact, I have written about it in my inaugural post. Although I wrapped it in rather obscure way, you probably get what I meant by the words I’ve… Read more

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Posted in Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc. on 3 May 2012