SQL Server Best Practices for DMV's - Houston Tech Fest 2012
It is a pleasure meeting everyone today at Houston Tech Fest! The new facility is miles away - literally and figuratively...
2012-09-08
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Blog Posts
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysdevices
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-09-07
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SQL Saturday 167
SQL Saturday #167 is just hours away. We have worked hard to get everything setup and in place and hope...
2012-09-07
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SQL Server vs. Oracle
Just so we’re clear, I use SQL Server. I like SQL Server. But, this doesn’t mean I have anything against...
2012-09-07
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The Charles River – SQL in the City Boston
I once rowed in the Head of the Charles Regatta. I had the 3d seat, starboard, in a 4 man...
2012-09-07 (first published: 2012-09-04)
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Azure Virtual Machine TempDb Placement
The recommended location for the tempDb on an Azure virtual machine, is the non-persisted D: drive. This drive is actually...
2012-09-06
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DBCC Cleaning CACHE – Memory
DBCC Cleaning CACHE – Memory I wanted to write this blog for quite some time, here you go, as you know...
2012-09-06
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Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database Services (Part 2)
In my last article “Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database Services (Part 1)“, I’ve provided an overview of Microsoft Windows...
2012-09-06
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Meet Thomas Kejser in Aarhus
This is normally not a place where we advertise for events held by our friends, but today I’ll make an...
2012-09-06
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Reducing Your Storage Footprint Using SQL Storage Compress
I was asked to speak at SQL in the City in New York and Austin Texas. I have used many...
2012-09-06 (first published: 2012-09-04)
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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...
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