How the Resource Governor Helped Our Report Server
Trying to manage the load in a reporting server can be hard. Roy Ernest shows that Resource Governor might be a great solution that has worked in his environment.
2010-06-28
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Roy Ernest
Ask for something and when you get it no one uses it
There was a time when almost every Chapter leader were asking PASS to find a place where the leaders can...
2010-05-21
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My experience while writing for SQL Server Standard magazine
It all started with Grant Fritchey (Twitter @GFritchey) posting on THE THREAD asking everyone if they are interested in writing...
2010-05-07
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Powershell- Is it easy as everyone claims?
Where ever you read, people claim that power shell is so easy that even a dummy can do it. Really?...
2010-03-08
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First International speaker for our User Group
I am a nervous wreck today. Tomorrow we will have the first International speaker for our user group. Jimmy may...
2010-02-17
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Jimmy May coming to our Local Chapter meeting
This is wonderful news to our new chapter. Jimmy May has agreed to come to give a presentation at our...
2010-01-26
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My first presentation for User Group
Yesterday was the first time I gave a presentation to a group of professional who knows SQL Server. I was...
2009-12-04
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A good way to learn
I have noticed that one of the best way to learn about a certain topic is to write an article...
2009-11-25
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To Grant or Not to grant
It is said that you should not give direct table access (even select permission) to a user or group. But...
2009-11-25
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Starting up a Pass Chapter
I am on my way in setting up a Pass chapter on our tiny Caribbean island. I had no clue...
2009-06-17
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Blogs
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Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
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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