reconfigure vs reconfigure with override
You can change server properties of SQL Server using sp_confgure and to "save" it you need to use reconfigure. In...
2012-07-28
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday #150 & TechDay in Baton Rouge–Sharepoint
This year’s SQLSaturday in Baton Rouge includes a Sharepoint track with 2 local speakers(Cody Gros & Eric Trivette), MCM Tom Resing...
2012-07-28
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2, which is Build 10.50.4000. It includes the fixes up through...
2012-07-28
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transparent data encryption steps
In this blog post I show steps that are needed to enable Transparent Data Encyption on a SQL Server 2012...
2012-07-28
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As one door closes another one opens
Normally I try and keep the things that happen at work separate from my blog, however it’s been an interesting...
2012-07-27 (first published: 2012-07-23)
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Color Expressions in SSAS Calculations
Color expressions in SSAS allow you to build an MDX expression to control the color of text displayed in a...
2012-07-27
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Different techniques to identify blocking in SQL Server
SQL Server is able to service requests from a large number of concurrent users. When SQL Server is servicing requests...
2012-07-27
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How To Prevent SELECT * The Evil Way
SELECT * FROM…when administrators see that from developer code, we generally tend to cringe. Why? In a nutshell, it’s terrible on...
2012-07-27
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Licensing SQL Server Dev/Test Environments
I was recently at a client site and we started talking about SQL Server licensing, specifically for their development and...
2012-07-27
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Perform a Rolling Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 in a Database Mirroring Scenario
Yesterday evening (European Time zone) Microsoft has released the SP2 for SQL Server
2008 R2. You can download the Service Pack...
2012-07-27
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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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