Reload a table quickly.
Sometimes loading new data or even changes into a table just isn’t going to work. You need a complete reload....
2016-11-28 (first published: 2016-11-21)
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Kenneth Fisher
It greatly pleases me to announce, HAL0003!
I while back as part of a T-SQL Tuesday post I created HAL0001, then later HAL0002 with a long-term goal...
2016-11-23
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When was my index created or at least last updated?
SQL Server stores a create date and a change date for each object in the sys.objects system view.
Unfortunately while...
2016-11-21 (first published: 2016-11-14)
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2016-11-17
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SQLSkills waits and latches library
SQLSkills is an amazing resource for the SQL Server community. Between their blogs, white papers, and the SQLSkills Insider emails...
2016-11-16
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Is it safe to grant Administer Bulk Operations?
First I guess we had best start with definitions right? The permission Administer Bulk Operations and the role bulkadmin are...
2016-11-14 (first published: 2016-11-10)
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TSQL Tuesday #84: Zip to Speaker
Well, it’s that time of the month again. It’s T-SQL Tuesday yet again, and this time round it’s Andy Yun (b/t)...
2016-11-08
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The Halloween Problem
DBA: Help me! Help me! It’s Halloween! I have a problem! Oh won’t you please help me!
Ok, so that’s really...
2016-11-07 (first published: 2016-10-31)
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New indexes, hypothetically
I saw something like this the other day. My first thought was “Hu, never seen that before.” My second thought...
2016-11-02
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It’s a small world
As I write this we are packing to leave for Disney World, where my family and I will spend close...
2016-10-26
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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