Jason Brimhall


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Implicit Conversion Fail

Implicit conversions are not uncommon in the computing world and can be viewed as kind of a fail-safe for when we don't quite follow decent practices when designing the...

2019-05-31

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Puzzles and Daily Trivia

One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...

2019-05-31 (first published: )

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Mass Backup All Sessions

Migrating Extended Event Sessions from one server to another should be a simple task. So simple, one would think there was no need to give it a second thought,...

2019-05-23

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Mass Backup All Sessions

Migrating Extended Event Sessions from one server to another should be a simple task. So simple, one would think there was no need to give it a second thought,...

2019-05-23

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Event Log File Paths

How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...

2019-05-20

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Event Log File Paths

How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...

2019-05-20

10 reads

Blog Post

Event Log File Paths

How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...

2019-05-20

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Blog Post

Puzzles and Daily Trivia

One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...

2019-05-14

6 reads

Blog Post

Puzzles and Daily Trivia

One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...

2019-05-14

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Building the Team: Roles and Responsibilities in FinOps

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In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It...

Tooling for Success: The Best FinOps Tools and Technologies

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As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more...

From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework

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As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...

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Restoring On Top II

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SQL Art 2: St Patrick’s Day in SSMS (Shamrock + Pint + Pixel Text)

By Terry Jago

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Breaking Down Your Work

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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)
GO
Today, 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 REPLACE
What happens?

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