I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool”...
2013-05-14
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Sp_who2 is not used by this DBA. That info is amazingly good to have, but I want more. Don’t get...
2013-05-14
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To expand on what I talked about in Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?:...
2013-05-14
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As of today (5/14/2013) this MSDN article says “SQL Server Agent service startup account must be a member of the SQL Server...
2013-05-14
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I now have a red, P85 Tesla Model S. I picked it up at the Denver Tesla Service Center on...
2013-05-14
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“The Long and Winding Road” is one of my favorite Beatles songs, it reminds me of my dad, he was...
2013-05-14
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It's T-SQL Tuesday again (Thanks go to Adam Machanic (B/T)) and this month the host is Wendy Pastrick (B/T). Wendy's...
2013-05-14
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This month’s rendition of T-SQL Tuesday - #42, is hosted
by SQL MVP, Wendy Pastrick (blog|twitter) , who maintains her blog about Life,...
2013-05-14
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It’s the second Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time again for #TSQL2sday! It is the 42nd installment of...
2013-05-14
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It’s T-SQL Tuesday time, this month hosted by Wendy Pastrick who asks you to talk about the Long and Winding...
2013-05-14
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A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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