Create AT&T Network Hierarchy Diagrams using SQL Server Data
Diagrammatic support for large, complex hierarchical data structures in SQL Server.
2020-10-09 (first published: 2018-09-04)
3,277 reads
Paul Brewer
SQL Server Performance Benchmarking with Patterns
A SQL Server, SQL Azure and Hekaton performance bench marking application that uses patterns.
2019-06-14 (first published: 2017-10-19)
4,963 reads
Restore Gene Version 6 - User Guide
Read about the Restore Genie and the new support for fork points, Azure and Multiple Concurrent Restores.
2016-09-13
1,897 reads
SQL Azure Performance Benchmarking
An evaluation of the SQL Azure Database Performance Levels recommended by the DTU Calculator service, and a comparison with on premise SQL Server performance.
2016-02-04
3,591 reads
Cellular Automation – SQL Server CPU, IO and Hekaton Stress Testing
This article shows how you can use SQL Server spatial methods, mathematical rules and oscillating patterns to benchmark CPU, IO and Hekaton performance.
2015-06-15
3,699 reads
Restore Gene : Automating SQL Server Database Restores
Restore Gene is a simple 2-script framework, one PowerShell script and one SQL stored procedure, which will speed up the production of restore scripts for manual disaster recovery, as well help automate log shipping.
2014-08-14
10,544 reads
Table Partitioning –XE Diagnostic for Data Movements
Diagnose partitioning related data movement between file groups using Extended Events and Debug Symbols
2014-05-22
2,523 reads
An AlwaysOn Bug with Service Broker Transmission Queue
Paul Brewer talks about an AlwaysOn problem affecting the Service Broker Transmission Queue.
2014-01-07
4,433 reads
Database Restore Automation
Read about Paul Brewer's Framework (Version 2) for Database Restore Automation.
2013-11-04
5,394 reads
Log Shipping Lite with PowerShell
A PowerShell driver that performs incremental restores on a standby server, a lite weight log shipping solution.
2013-07-01
4,629 reads
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Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers