Master Data Services 2014: Creating nightly load processes
Introduction
A few days ago, I ran into an interesting issue when creating a stored procedure to load new data into...
2014-01-02 (first published: 2013-12-23)
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SQL Server 2014: Master Data Services Backing up your data models.. A necessary evil !!
Introduction
A few days back, in my article entitled ‘Master Data Services 2014: Creating nightly load processes’, I discussed the setting...
2014-01-02
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Gotcha!!! Trying to install SQL Server 2012 on Windows 8.1 Professional
OK, after several tranquillizers and much grey hair, I found out why SQL Server 2012 will NOT install on Windows...
2013-12-07
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Setting your predicate arguments at run time Part: 2 MultiSelect
Introduction
A few days ago, I did a presentation for a Virtual Chapter meeting where I discussed SQL Server Data Access...
2013-11-26
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Setting your predicate arguments at run time
Introduction
A few days ago, I did a presentation for a Virtual Chapter meeting where I discussed SQL Server Data Access...
2013-11-24
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Monthly profit percentage techniques
Introduction
A few days ago, a friend of mine approached me with an interesting challenge. What he was trying to achieve...
2013-10-30
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Flexible Fiscal Data Sort
Flexible Fiscal Data Sorting
A few months ago, I faced the challenge of extracting data via SQL Queries (for our enterprise),...
2013-08-02
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Dynamic calculations of running totals
Dynamic calculations of running totals
A few weeks back, a friend from South Africa wrote to
me asking if I knew of a...
2013-06-24
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Monitoring SQL Server Agent job run times
Introduction
A few months back, I was asked how long a particular nightly process took to run. It was a super...
2013-05-10 (first published: 2013-04-18)
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Resolving data redundancy up front
Introduction
As all of us do when confronted with a problem, the resource of choice is to ‘Google it’.
This is where...
2013-04-22
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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