Third Party Backup Tools – Redgate SQL Backup
To continue my little blog series on SQL Server backups, any series would not be complete without a look at...
2010-04-15
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Gethyn Ellis
T-SQL Tuesday #005 – Offloading Reporting (#TSQL2sDay)
Aaron Nelson (Blog|@SQLvariant) is hosting this months #TSQL2sDay with the theme of reporting. My post looks at some of things...
2010-04-13
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db_executor role
This process might not be granular enough for some but there is a nice simple way of creating a role...
2010-04-12
35,216 reads
Q1 - review
I didn’t post my professional goals for the year on my blog at the start of this year, my blog...
2010-04-08
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Uninstall 64 bit and reinstall 32 bit SQL Server
For reason's beyond the scope of this post I needed to uninstall a 64 bit version of SQL server standard...
2010-04-06
2,460 reads
Differential Backups
My last few posts have been backup orientated, I have a post on Full Backup, a post on Transaction Log...
2010-04-04
1,297 reads
Powershell – Useful Resources
One of my aims at the start of the year was to improve my Powershell and scripting skills. I run...
2010-04-01
1,133 reads
Managing Your Backup Files
I recently posted a couple of scripts that backup all databases on your SQL Server instance to disk with a...
2010-03-31
1,271 reads
SP_change_users_login and SQL Server 2008 onwards
Today I discovered, from a post on the forums and a follow up dig into BOL that sp_change_users_login is to...
2010-03-30
5,804 reads
Scheduling backups in SQL Server Express
I have seen many forum posts asking how do you schedule backups for SQL Express databases and the answers always...
2010-03-29
1,702 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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