T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
8 reads
T-SQL query to copy data from one database to another database
T-SQL query to copy the rows of all the tables from one database to another database only if they have rows in Source DB and exact same Schema in...
2019-10-30
10 reads
T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
3 reads
T-SQL query to get the latest available backup chain
T-SQL query to return the latest available database backup chain (Full, Differential and Log) of individual databases along with their backup size and compressed size.
2019-10-30
1 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
5 reads
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references
T-SQL script to purge all the tables including foreign key references. The script has been made smart enough to use TRUNCATE wherever there is no foreign key reference and...
2019-10-30
5 reads
Why I Make Animated Gifs for Presentation Demo Backups
PASS Summit 2019 starts up next Monday with pre-conference sessions. I’ve got my schedule all set, and I’m going to be busy: I’m speaking in two full-day pre-conference sessions,...
2019-10-30
5 reads
Thinking About Robert Davis
It’s been more than a year and a half since Robert Davis passed away. I wrote a bit about Robert’s passing last April. I haven’t written about him since,...
2019-10-25
4 reads
Building my schedule for PASS Summit 2019
It’s just ten days until PASS Summit 2019 begins in Seattle. The schedule is up and there are loads of good sessions. Here’s what I’m putting on my calendar...
2019-10-24
3 reads
Workshop Report: Overcoming Obstacles on the Journey to Continuous Delivery for Databases (video with transcript)
I am living the dream, y’all: yesterday I was finishing up my workday and needed to record a video, but realized that our puppy had spent enough time in...
2019-10-17
4 reads
Blogs
Modifying a Trigger to Capture More Info: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables....
SQL Server Agent Jobs: Set It and Forget It?
By Kevin3NF
Useful tips to make your jobs more stable Too many IT teams treat SQL...
From SQL Server to PostgreSQL: A Story of 5 Key SQL Differences
After spending decades working in SQL Server, getting familiar with PostgreSQL felt like traveling...
Forums
One big server with multiple instances, or multiple smaller servers...
We're currently on SQL 2019 and will likely be looking to migrate to a...
Transitioning AlwaysOn Availability Group to Synchronous Commit Mode
Hello, I have a SQL Server with an AlwaysOn configuration consisting of three replicas...
CDC & Azure Managed Instances - Performance degredation
Anyone got any good advice for performance tuning CDC on a Managed Instance? We...
Question of the Day
The Trigger Updated Column(s)
In a trigger, I can use UPDATE() or UPDATED_COLUMNS() to determine which columns were changed. For these functions, which one accepts a column name as a parameter?
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