Free SQL Server Learning Resources - Updated
Here is updated list of *free* invaluable SQL Server learning resources.
Unknown is an ocean.
You think I missed some important freely...
2012-12-06
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Ramukar LivingForSQLServer
- Interests: Spending time with my family, Reading SQL Server internals and tuning topics
LivingForSQLServer celebrates 2nd year anniversary today
It's been 2 years since I wrote my first blog post on SQLServerCentral ("What happens when a query is submitted").
No...
2012-12-05
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Next Chennai SQL Server UG Meet Is Scheduled
Chennai SQL Server user group meet is scheduled for Dec'2013.
Venue: Microsoft Training Centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai
Landmark: Opposite to President hotel
Timing: 09:30...
2012-12-05
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SQLOS Basics - Query and CPU
In this article We are going to understand the basics of SQLOS - CPU scheduling.
In high level:
1. When an user connects to SQL...
2012-12-03
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Interview questions for SQL Server Performance Tuning Specialists
If you are the regular reader of my blog posts, you could easily judge in which topics i spend much time these days.
I have...
2012-11-29
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One Interview question. Many Answers
Conducting technical interview is an art.
Most likely I would start a discussion with simple questions like "What is your favourite topic in SQL...
2012-11-27
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Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 5 INSERT
In this article We are going to INSERT a record in a simple table and try reading Transaction log record.
Note:...
2012-11-27
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Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 4 DDL
In this article, We are going to CREATE/ ALTER/ DROP a table and observe transaction log records created for those DDL statements.
Our...
2012-11-26
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Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 3 fn_dblog
As part of this Transaction Log Internals series, In this article we are going to observe the use of fn_dblog and some of its important...
2012-11-19
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Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 2 Basics
As part of this Transaction Log internal series, In this article We are going to revisit some basic properties of Transaction log.Though architecture, purpose...
2012-11-18 (first published: 2012-11-15)
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
Forums
A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
Question of the Day
A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers