Changing physical locations of all DBs
I got a request this week from an application engineer. The request was to move ALL physical database files from...
2019-03-25 (first published: 2012-07-02)
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SQL Saturday 440 - Pittsburgh
SQLSaturday is a full day FREE training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn more
about SQL Server and network with the...
2015-07-21
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SQL Saturday #315 - Pittsburgh
SQLSaturday
is a full day FREE training event for SQL Server
professionals and those wanting to learn more about SQL Server and network with
the SQL Server...
2014-09-18 (first published: 2014-09-16)
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SQLSaturday #250 in Pittsburgh
Welcome to SQLSaturday #250 in Pittsburgh
http://www.sqlsaturday.com/250/
SQLSaturday is a full day FREE training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn more about SQL...
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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TempDB Destroyer
One of my previous posts, I covered how to create a really big database with just garbage data in it....
2012-12-29
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1 year old sandwich
It's been an interesting day. It was the 1 year anniversary of SQLSandwiches today. It was also my last day working...
2012-03-16
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Find failed SQL jobs with powershell
This weekend I went to SQL Saturday in Auckland. It was nice to interact with other DBAs again. Kent Chenery...
2012-01-29
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What’s your build number?
Without looking, name your most important server. Or if you have a bunch, name the top 2 or 3.
Now tell...
2011-12-04
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How pure is your data?
It was a normal Monday. I was going over some HA designs and planning the joys of setting up log...
2011-09-14
2,307 reads
Code Camp New Zealand 2011
I was unable to go to TechEd this year but I did get a chance to hit up Code Camp. It...
2011-08-29
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
What is returned? See possible answers