Support The Boss
Providing support for your manager or boss in getting his or her job is a good thing. Steve Jones comments on what benefits you might get and why this could enhance your career.
2009-10-05
512 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
- Twitter: @way0utwest
- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
- Bluesky: way0utwest.bsky.social
- Threads: @way0utwest
Generation X
Steve Jones is a part of Generation X, who surprisingly seems to be more Web 2.0 oriented than Generation Y.
2009-09-30
140 reads
Heading Down to the Basement
I'm taking the next two days off, heading down into the basement for a four day weekend. Nothing particular going...
2009-09-30
1,476 reads
Winding Down
I'm trying to finish up the last few things here at work before taking the weekend off. I scheduled off...
2009-09-30
1,467 reads
Generation X
Steve Jones is a part of Generation X, who surprisingly seems to be more Web 2.0 oriented than Generation Y.
2009-09-30
124 reads
Generation X
Steve Jones is a part of Generation X, who surprisingly seems to be more Web 2.0 oriented than Generation Y.
2009-09-30
115 reads
Generation X
Steve Jones is a part of Generation X, who surprisingly seems to be more Web 2.0 oriented than Generation Y.
2009-09-30
86 reads
Security Focus
Are IT administrators focusing on the wrong attacks when securing their systems? Should we as DBAs and developers care? Steve Jones argues that we want to be aware of these issues.
2009-09-29
106 reads
Temp tables and scope
create table MyTable (id int)
go
Create Table #Test (id int)
go
create proc MyProc
@id int
as
insert MyTable select @id
insert #test select...
2009-09-29
1,695 reads
The ROI for PASS 2009
A few of the reasons why you might want to attend the PASS Summit this November.
2009-09-29 (first published: 2009-05-29)
1,995 reads
Blogs
Whiling away an afternoon, thinking
By Steve Jones
I come to Heathrow often. Today is likely somewhere close to 60 trips to...
Black Box vs. Gray Box vs. White Box Testing
By Brian Kelley
If your organization is spending money, then meaningful results are a must. Pen testing...
Building the Team: Roles and Responsibilities in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It...
Forums
Restoring On Top II
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Restoring On Top II
SQL Art 2: St Patrick’s Day in SSMS (Shamrock + Pint + Pixel Text)
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art 2: St Patrick’s...
Breaking Down Your Work
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Breaking Down Your Work
Question of the Day
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