Presenting at the kickoff Lynchburg Va SQL User Group meeting
There’s a new SQL Server user group starting up over in Lynchburg, VA. It’s first meeting is February 27, 2014...
2014-02-17
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Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
T-SQL Tuesday #51: Is this a bet worth making?
On the second Tuesday of each month, the SQL Server universe all comes together to blog about a topic. Known...
2014-02-14 (first published: 2014-02-11)
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Transaction Isolation Levels
An examination into how the various transaction isolation levels affect locking (and blocking)
2014-02-13
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SQL Prompt – new features in version 6.x
I’ve been using SQL Prompt for years. In September 2013, version 6 was released (quickly followed by 6.1 in late...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Assumptions and clusters – the double whammy
I was recently investigating an issue that stemmed from a database being in the recovery_pending state. A quick investigation through...
2014-01-20
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TSQL Tuesday #50 – Automation – Verifying the Backup Chain
I was recently just letting my mind wander. As it’s prone to do, all sorts of things just entered into...
2014-01-14
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Interview Questions – what to ask the company interviewing you
Previously, I posted a list of interview questions that I ask job candidates. This post is about the questions that...
2014-01-10 (first published: 2014-01-06)
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Are CHECKSUMs being performed with a Compressed Backup?
Now, why in the world would I be asking a question like this?
Well, in BOL (BACKUP) is this little blurb:
CHECKSUM
Specifies...
2014-01-06 (first published: 2013-12-30)
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Creating templates for use in BIDS (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to create and use templates in BIDS in this short SQL Spackle article.
2013-12-30 (first published: 2011-04-21)
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Locking, Blocking and Deadlocking
Introduction into Locking, Blocking and Deadlocks in SQL Server, and why SQL Server uses these actions.
2013-11-18
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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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 REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers