PASS Summit is almost here
This is my second trip to Seattle for the annual bash. Last year I was a newbie. I did not...
2011-10-07
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Roy Ernest
Who says you cannot mix business with pleasure?
There is an advice out there that says never to mix business with pleasure. It is not true in all...
2011-09-21
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One hectic month ahead
The SQL Pass community summit is just around the corner. There is so little time and so much to do....
2011-09-07
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Why you should blog more
I was trying to write an article for a long time. Every time I start writing one, I would put...
2011-09-01
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I am a Big Bro
The first time I did any volunteering work for PASS was last year at the Summit. I enjoyed doing it....
2011-08-15
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Exceptional DBA of the Year 2011 - Please vote for Jeff Moden
Every year Redgate has a competition to find the most
exceptional DBA of the year. This year too they are conducting....
2011-07-27
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Why you should ask your CTO to attend the User group meetings.
When we (Bill Wunder and me) started our user group, the first person we invited to sign up to our...
2011-05-06
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Confessions of a DBA – Part 4
This is the last part of my confession series since this is showing me only in negative light. I wish...
2011-04-19
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Confessions of a DBA – Part 3
After reading this confession, I am sure almost every DBA is going feel a churn in their stomach. They are...
2011-04-14
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Confessions of a DBA – Part 2
How I caused a fifteen minutes of blocking.
This particular incident happened when I joined this company. I joined this company...
2011-04-12
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
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I'm thinking about submitting some articles
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers