Security and Permissions presentation from the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Meeting, 3/14/2012
Last night I presented a new presentation I'm working to add to my inventory, SQL Server Permission and Security. This...
2012-03-15
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Will Assaf
Removing Identical Duplicate Rows
Deleting duplicate rows out of a table can be tricky. A brute force way to do this is with a...
2012-02-28 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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Find Dependencies
Here's a script from my toolbox I use to find dependencies between SQL objects. The where clause has a number...
2012-02-21
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..This operation must be performed in the master database."
"Cannot alter a server audit from a user database. This operation must be performed in the master database."
If you're trying...
2012-02-03
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Actual Emails: Is "NOLOCK is the epitome of evil?"
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:30 AM
To: William Assaf
Subject: dba has a questionWilliam,
Can you send me references to support my contention that NOLOCK...
2012-01-24 (first published: 2012-01-21)
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Open_transaction_count in sys.dm_exec_sessions
This news may be a few months old, but it is worth noting that there is now a column called...
2011-12-16
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View execution plan for a sproc in the wild
Got stored procedure problems? I feel sorry for you son.
Here's a quick query to pull the cached execution plan out...
2011-12-16
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Using sys.dm_exec_requests to find a blocking chain
A query that calls sys.dm_exec_requests and pulls the statement text out of the request is a handy script for any DBA's...
2011-10-19
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Slides and Sample code: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest 2011
Here's my official blog page for my presentation on SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest...
2011-10-15
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Resource Governor clamps down on Greedy Reports
One of the things I run into every now and then is this provincial idea that reports can and should...
2011-10-10
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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
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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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