SQL Saturday Dallas half-day precon: “Beginning Programming with Powershell”
On May 18 we will be presenting a half-day of PowerShell learnin', right before SQL Saturday Dallas! Read up and...
2018-04-24
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Blog Posts
The Forgotten Fourth SQL Server Recovery Model
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SQL Server recovery models define when database transactions are written to the transaction log. Understanding these models is critical for backup and recovery purposes...
2018-04-24
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The Forgotten Fourth SQL Server Recovery Model
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server recovery models define when database transactions are written to the transaction log. Understanding these models is critical for backup and recovery purposes...
2018-04-24
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Command shell steps in SQL Agent jobs only process a single command.
I was working on a SQL Agent job recently that required a series of command shell commands. And it would...
2018-04-23
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Configure Min and Max memory in Reporting Services
As any of the available SQL Server services, Reporting Services will use all of the server memory if needed, in...
2018-04-23
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Get SQL server database size, location and volume info using DMVs
SELECT * FROM sys.master_files AS f
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_os_volume_stats(f.database_id, f.file_id) v;
2018-04-23
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How to Perform Database Hack-Attach
This blog demonstrates attaching a database on the SQL Server Instance which already has the same name database up and...
2018-04-23
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I’ve gotten a transaction log full error but when I look it’s not full??
Every now and again I’ll get an error telling me a transaction log is full. This can be for any...
2018-04-23 (first published: 2018-04-16)
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Is this command broken? I can't see some properties! - DefaultDisplayPropertySet, Get-Member and Select-Object *
Every now and again I see some people complaining about not getting the properties they want when using a PowerShell command.
For instance, someone was using the Get-Service command to...
2018-04-23
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 100 – Flow Map)
In this module you will learn how to use the Flow Map. The Flow Map is useful for tracking direction...
2018-04-23
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Blogs
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 2: Generative AI, Multimodal Systems, and Agent AI
By Vinay Thakur
continuing from Day 1 where we covered the history of AI and GPT family,...
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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