Finding the relationship of a filegroup and a partition
The other day, I was trying to find out which partition is on which filegroup for a a partitioned table....
2007-12-12
1,586 reads
Jeffrey Yao
Another use of OpenRowSet()
From time to time, I need to dump out the result from a SP, such as sp_lock or sp_who.
Traditionally,...
2007-11-29
1,398 reads
Distributed Transaction Issue Msg 7391
I solved an "interesting" issue today. It is about distributed transaction. When I set up transactional replication with immediate updating...
2007-11-21
3,649 reads
Generate RPC:Completed Event
I was doing a research on SQL trace regarding RPC:Completed event. So I need to generate a RPC:Completed event first...
2007-11-14
1,733 reads
save disk when doing backup
As a DBA, most of us will also take care of test environment. However test servers usually cannot afford to...
2007-11-11
378 reads
Survive A SQL Server DBA Technical Interview
Another little bit of career advice, this time from longtime author Jeffrey Yao who gives you some pointeres on what you should know for your next job interview.
2007-10-12 (first published: 2006-07-10)
36,145 reads
How to be a Good DBA - Strategy and Tactics
New Author! And long time reader - Jeffrey was site member #712, almost 3 years and 130,000 members ago! This article describes the skills needed to progress from junior to intermediate to senior DBA.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-03-03)
39,010 reads
Let database work for your daily life
I know there are many off-shelf stuff, like MS Money, that can help you organize your personal financial things, but...
2005-09-11
1,340 reads
about xp_sendmail
I got a very interesting issue, I may guess the reason but not sure why it is this way.
Symptom: Logon to...
2005-09-09
1,378 reads
one issue about SQL 2000 BOL
This is my first post, congrats to myself. 🙂
DTS Connection object does not list "UseTrustedConnection" property
I am working on a...
2005-09-08
1,349 reads
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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) GOToday, 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 REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers