Running Parameterized Queries against SQL Server using PowerShell
For many years I didn’t really think about the implications of how I was retrieving data from my SQL Servers...
2015-10-13
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Blog Posts
SQL Data Generator–Masking Production Data
I learned a new trick with SQL Data Generator that I wasn’t aware of previously. I think this is a...
2015-10-13 (first published: 2015-09-30)
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SQL server Encryption – Transparent Data Encryption
In the previous blogs we saw the use of certificates to encapsulate symmetric keys. How it benefits the user by...
2015-10-13
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Trace Flags in Azure SQL Database
One of the ways that you take more direct control over your SQL Server instances is through the use of...
2015-10-13 (first published: 2015-10-05)
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
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Argenis Without Borders: Fun For a Good Cause
This is the second year of Argenis Without Borders and the second year that I’m taking part. Last year we...
2015-10-12
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Attending PASS Summit? Take a great Tuesday precon!
We’re just two weeks away from the PASS Summit in Seattle, and there is most definitely still time to get...
2015-10-12
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Backup Deployed Sessions
There is a wealth of information within Extended Events. Throughout this series, I have been working on exposing that wealth...
2015-10-12 (first published: 2015-10-05)
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How to create a database on a network share
If for any reason you need to place the database on a network share and by default this option is...
2015-10-12
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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,...
A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
By Steve Jones
It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where...
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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