Verify SQL Backup Integrity
Perform automated database restores and check the integrity of your backup files
2014-08-11
5,512 reads
Articles
Practically Cloudy: SQL Server Disaster Recovery to Microsoft Azure - Backups
In the first in a series on the practicalities of using the Microsoft Azure Platform for the SQL Server professional, Buck Woody shows that, whatever your version of SQL Server, there is a way of storing offsite backups in the cloud.
2014-08-11
9,549 reads
How to Create a Corrupt SQL Server Database
This article details how to create a corrupt SQL Server database for testing purposes
2014-08-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
20,978 reads
SQL Saturday #327 - Johannesburg
SQL Saturday is coming to Johannesburg on August 30. Join in for a free day of SQL Server training and networking. Register while spaces are available.
2014-08-08
7,706 reads
The SQL of Membership: Equivalence Classes & Cliques
It is awkward to do 'Graph databases' in SQL to explore the sort of relationships and memberships in social networks because equivalence relations are classes (a set of sets) rather than sets. However one can explore graphs in SQL if the relationship has all three of the mathematical properties needed for an equivalence relationship.
2014-08-08
9,485 reads
Introducing the Columnstore Index
A brief overview of Columnstore index and its usage with an example
2014-08-07
8,212 reads
What do you consider important when performance testing?
What data specific considerations do you make when preparing for performance testing?
2014-08-07
257 reads
The Road To Hell - new article from the DBA Team
Joe Celko & Chris Date guest as the sinister Relational Police in this new DBA Team adventure. Can the DBA Team save another doomed database? Find out.
2014-08-07
11,971 reads
Getting Started with Hashing in SQL Server
Encryption brings data into a state which cannot be interpreted by anyone who does not have access to the decryption key, password, or certificates. Hashing brings a string of characters of arbitrary size into a usually shorter fixed-length value or key. Here's how to get started using it.
2014-08-06
10,471 reads
Linked Server Tribulations In SQL Server
In this article, Thomas chronicles the difficulties of troubleshooting a linked server set up, with helpful tips and an exposé of a Linked Server UI flaw.
2014-08-05
5,913 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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