SQL Server test data generation testing tools
Question: How do I generate test data for SQL Server ? I don’t want to buy a benchmarking tool, but I...
2011-09-02
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- Interests: Performance Tuning Database Servers, Running and Coffee
Mobile Commerce and SQL Performance Tuning
I was reading through Gartners Top Predictions and one prediction captured my attention:
“By 2014, over 3 billion of the world's...
2011-08-31
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Datawarehouse Trends – In-memory
What does the emergence and growth of In-memory databases mean for Datawarehouse?
1) In-Memory database server systems are fast. Consideration should be given to...
2011-08-30
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TRUNCATE_ONLY is not a recognized BACKUP option
Executing the code below in SQL Server 2008 will throw an error message:
BACKUP LOG ‘MyDatabase’ WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
Msg 155, Level 15,...
2011-08-30
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Storage Checklist FAQ
In a new data centre build, storage system or new equipment, the DBA should have an input into the architecture...
2011-08-27
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Index Disabled and Index Rebuild
I received the following message from a Developer. The message was on a Test SQL Server
“NC_myIndex " on table "VeryLargeTable" (specified...
2011-08-25
1,780 reads
Correctness and stress test
Stress test SQL Server for new hardware
Download SQLIOSim from http://download.microsoft.com and install on server.
When detailing the file location , use the...
2011-08-24
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Disk IO performance and SQLIO
Performance testing a new disk subsystem from a SQL Server perspective is one of the fun aspects of DBA work....
2011-08-23
3,436 reads
Define IOPs for all database servers
Purpose
The storage guy is configuring a new storage system. It includes RAID arrays, SVC, HBA & Fibre Channel configurations.
He’s asked me...
2011-08-22
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Attach database without log file and rename database
Assuming the database was detached successfully , this t-sql code will attach a mdf file without a log file . It will also...
2011-08-19
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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...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
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