Vinoth is currently a Senior SQL Server DBA and 10 years of experience as SQL Server DBA. Started my career as a DBA in SQL 6.5/7 has worked in all subsequent SQL Server version. Vinoth has worked in some of the largest SQL server environments in the world in various domains ranging from Finance, Retail, Manufacturing, Consulting, Web etc. Vinoth has Engineering Degree in Computer Science and has certified in MCITP - Database Adminstrator in 2008/2005, MCDBA and ITIL Foundation V3.

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Replace NOT IN with JOIN

Example of how to replace NOT IN clause with JOIN

/*NOT IN query*/
USEAdventureWorks;GOSELECTProductIDFROMProduction.ProductWHEREProductIDNOTIN(SELECTProductIDFROMProduction.WorkOrder);

/*JOIN Query*/:-
SELECTp.ProductIDFROMProduction.ProductpLEFTJOINProduction.WorkOrderwONp.ProductID=w.ProductIDWHEREw.ProductIDISNULL;

2012-08-02

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A Quick Restore

While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:

USE DNRTest

BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak'
GO
/*
Bunch of stuff tested here
*/RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACE
What happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance.

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