SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the latest version of my Diagnostic Information Queries for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. These...
2010-09-18
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Glenn Berry
SQL Saturday #52 in Denver
Its only about a week until SQL Saturday #52 in Denver. This is an all day, free event, being held...
2010-09-17
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Hardware 201:Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance
I did a presentation for the fourth hour of 24 Hours of PASS – Fall 2010 today, which was a lot...
2010-09-16
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Some Moderately Big Iron on x64
Here is a screenshot from a Dell PowerEdge R910 with four 2.27GHz Intel Xeon X7560 processors and 256GB of RAM....
2010-09-08
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Discount Code For SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference
If you are interested in watching some high quality SQL Server content from the comfort and convenience of your own...
2010-09-03
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Hardware Performance Research
I am trying to gather some information about some of the newer Intel and AMD processors as part of my...
2010-08-30
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How Old Are Your Database Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, database statistics do not improve with age. I recently helped out with a client who was having...
2010-08-30
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries from SQL Saturday #51 Nashville
Here are the diagnostic queries that I ran during my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville on August 21,...
2010-08-24
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DMV Emergency Queries From SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville
I wanted to post the first T-SQL script from my DMV Emergency Room presentation on August 21 in Nashville. This...
2010-08-23
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Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Since I finished upgrading the last of my Production environment to SQL Server 2008 R2 running on Windows Server 2008...
2010-08-23
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
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