Soft Skills
A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs. (Steve Jones reads)
2008-07-17
235 reads
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Soft Skills
A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.
2008-07-17
198 reads
2008-07-17
2,615 reads
SQL Server 2008: Implementation and Maintenance, Beta Exam
I signed up for the SS2K8 beta exam, the maintenance and implementation one, and had it scheduled for this morning....
2008-07-16
861 reads
Untouched Data
How much data do you have that's never accessed. Apparently most of it on a network is just stored and never re-examined. Steve Jones comments on a few statistics.
2008-07-16
143 reads
Pulling Together
When a co-worker is ill, what should the rest of the office do? How do you handle absences that might extend for weeks or months. Steve Jones comments on the responsibilities of the team.
2008-07-16
54 reads
Pulling Together
When a co-worker is ill, what should the rest of the office do? How do you handle absences that might extend for weeks or months. Steve Jones comments on the responsibilities of the team.
2008-07-16
67 reads
Pulling Together
When a co-worker is ill, what should the rest of the office do? How do you handle absences that might extend for weeks or months. Steve Jones comments on the responsibilities of the team.
2008-07-16
55 reads
A Good Case For Reference
Steve Jones is looking for some interesting application ideas using SQL Server that can help teach people how to take advantage of features.
2008-07-15
268 reads
Untouched Data
How much data do you have that's never accessed. Apparently most of it on a network is just stored and never re-examined. Steve Jones comments on a few statistics.
2008-07-15
53 reads
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers