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Have you ever tried to restore over an existing database only to receive the following error message?

Msg 3154, Level 16,...

2016-05-24

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Live execution plans

by Igor Micev

Si vis pacem, para sql

SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the...

2016-05-24

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Live execution plans

by Igor Micev

Si vis pacem, para sql

SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the highlighted icon on the Toolbar. Then running a query...

2016-05-24

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Live execution plans

by Igor Micev

Si vis pacem, para sql

SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the highlighted icon on the Toolbar. Then running a query...

2016-05-24

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On the Buckeye Blitz!

by Grant Fritchey

The Scary DBA

In just a few weeks I’ll be doing the Buckeye Blitz. That is, a tour of user groups in Ohio...

2016-05-24

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RAID your backups

by Kenneth Fisher

SQLStudies

Let’s start with a very brief definition of some RAID levels.
RAID 0 : Stripe your data across multiple disks. Writing a...

2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)

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Some Pester Tests for SQL Defaults

by Rob Sewell

SQL DBA With A Beard

When I was at PowerShell Conference EU in Hannover last month (The videos are available now – click here and the...

2016-05-24

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SQL Server 2016 features: R services

by Gail Shaw

SQL In The Wild

One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language. For those who haven’t seen it before, R is a statistical and data...

2016-05-24

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