2016 – That was a Year :-)
Its the time of year for reflection and I have had the most amazing 2016, I am blessed that I love...
2017-01-02
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Blog Posts
Grateful to have been a Microsoft MVP
A couple of weeks ago I received the disappointing but expected news that I wasn’t renewed as a Microsoft Data...
2017-01-02
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Make Your Application's Name Heard
Odds are, you’ve got more than one application or script accessing your database or SQL Server instance at any given time. You’re probably stacking them on a small number...
2017-01-02
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Data Platform
Today, I’m proud to announce that I have been named a Microsoft MVP – Data Platform. This is an exceptional honor...
2017-01-02
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Data Platform
Today, I’m proud to announce that I have been named a Microsoft MVP – Data Platform. This is an exceptional honor and I’m humbled to be included in this...
2017-01-02
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Presentations & Blogging of 2016 in Review
For the 4th year in a row, I am keeping data on my professional engagements to help the others –
public...
2017-01-02
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R and SQL Server 2016
Yesterday, I delivered another session for Singapore SQL PASS Chapter. The session titled "R and SQL Server 2016" was giving...
2017-01-02 (first published: 2016-12-22)
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What Agent Job is Running – Back to Basics
Remember When…
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to write a...
2017-01-02 (first published: 2016-12-23)
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Identifying Blocking Chain in SQL Server
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!
I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. I always try to review my...
2017-01-01
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2016 – A Year to remember
2016 has undoubtedly been a landmark year in my life. To me it marked my first conscious entry into mid...
2016-12-31
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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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