SQL Saturday 49 Delivery Mechanisms - Presentation Slide Deck and Files
This past weekend, my wife and I travelled down to Orlando for SQL Saturday 49. I wasn't planning on presenting,...
2010-10-20
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Brian K. McDonald
Return Indexes for a Particular Table using TSQL
I posted a blog recently about returning a listing of all indexes for database, which is good if you want...
2010-10-16
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When was SQL Server Restarted?
While doing some performance testing recently and utilizing some of the DMV’s I figured, I better find out when the...
2010-10-16
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Andy Warren’s Word Counter
I typically don’t blog about other people blogs, because quite frankly I don’t like giving summations of the work someone...
2010-10-14
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List Indexes For Database using TSQL
A while ago, I showed you how to find out what indexes were on a table using the GUI. Today,...
2010-10-14
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Running Totals for Each Group
A while ago, I posted a blog on how one could perform running totals using Reporting Services and a user...
2010-10-11
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Time Saver – Presentation Preparation
Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...
2010-10-10
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Determine if Directory Exists using xp_cmdshell
Recently, I came across a forum post from a user trying to determine if a directory existed in the file...
2010-10-06
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Strange but True - Report Parameter Label Blank
Here is another one of those strange but true things that I come across every so often which I thought...
2010-10-06
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Converting Dates to Integers
While working on a project recently, I came across a conversion that was trying to convert a date to an...
2010-10-05
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Blogs
From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
“We love to debate minutiae”
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I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers