Suppressing namespace attributes in nested select statements when using FOR XML workaround
I was helping out on the forums the other day with a user who had stumbled across the quirk of...
2012-08-28
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Blog Posts
The INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR command line value is not valid.
I was recently making some changes to my laptop setup and installing SQL Server 2008R2 and SQL Server 2012 directly...
2012-08-28
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These People Are Exceptional
I should know. I was one of the judges of this year’s Exceptional DBA of the Year award. I had...
2012-08-28
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Upcoming Speaking Events
I will be the inaugural speaker for the Northern Colorado Database Professionals on September 17, in Loveland, CO. I will...
2012-08-28
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At Startup SSMS setting
I came across this handy dandy little setting earlier this year. It was well hidden from me, by which I...
2012-08-27
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Create a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Catalog Report in 15 Minutes
One big question I have gotten often is “I need data, what kind of reports do you have?” It is...
2012-08-27
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Five Applicants for the PASS Board
If you haven’t reviewed the list, head to the PASS Election Page. One incumbent, two appointees, one previous candidate, and...
2012-08-27
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations
There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data...
2012-08-27
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations
There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) environment. With proper planning and attention to...
2012-08-27
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PASS Election Season
Did you know that it’s election season for PASS? Did you know that you can pose questions to the potential...
2012-08-27
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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A Quick Restore
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
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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