PowerShell vs GUI Availability Group Rebuild
Windows Cluster\SQL Availability Group rebuild times comparison - Management Studio & Cluster Manager Vs PowerShell Commands
2013-06-17
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Paul Brewer
Data Mining SQLIO Results
Learn how to use Analysis Services Data Mining to identify the influence of RAID level and IO Pattern on Latency.
2013-03-26
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T-SQL Restore Script Generator
A procedure that generates point in time restore database & log commands for your databases.
2013-01-24
22,740 reads
Script to construct a restore/recovery script
Constructs a restore script for all databases on the server from backup history.
2012-11-12 (first published: 2012-09-26)
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Transaction Replication Publisher failover to Mirror
Transaction Replication Publisher failover/failback to mirror standby with automatic redirection of the subscriber and client application.
2012-06-28
2,818 reads
Stop Food Waste - OS Open Data & SQL Azure
An attempt to use Ordanance Survey OS Open Data, SQL Server and SharePoint in the construction of a system for supermarkets to supply expiring food to nearby homeless shelters.
2012-06-14
2,836 reads
Transaction Replication Latency Diagnosis
Identify resource bottlenecks in a stressed transaction replication topology using PERFMON/PAL and system wait stats
2012-05-09
2,640 reads
SQL Server 2012 Active/Active Cluster in Hyper-V
Learn how to create a SQL Server 2012 Active/Active cluster in Hyper-V using an iSCSI SAN
2012-02-13
7,979 reads
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers