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Blog Posts
Detect Worst Performing SQL Queries – Part 3
Best way to tune production server is to find out what are the queries executed in a particular duration and...
2012-02-27
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End-User Microsoft BI Tools – Clearing up the confusion
Given two types of underlying data sources (a data warehouse and a OLAP cube built from the data warehouse) there...
2012-02-27
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High Availability 9's
This is very important to understand what is high availability 9's, This is a measurement of high availability where you can tell...
2012-02-27
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How to setup a task to delete the old backup files or log files from the server ?
Cleaning up the servers disks on daily basis is very important task for smooth functioning of servers.We have seen many...
2012-02-27
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I’m Going to SQL RALLY!
Hello Dear Reader, I’ve just received great news I’M HEADED TO SQL RALLY 2012! But I didn’t get here on...
2012-02-27
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I’m speaking at SQL Rally 2012
I’ve learned that my session entitled “Introduction to Data Quality Services” has been selected as one of the community choice...
2012-02-27
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Learn Mirroring with me at SQLRally
I just found out that I will be speaking at SQLRally Dallas in May. I submitted 3 sessions. As an...
2012-02-27
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New Article: Exploiting SQL Server via CONTROL SERVER permissions
I have a new article up at MSSQLTips.com, covering what someone can do with CONTROL SERVER. Most folks know to...
2012-02-27
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Passing BIGINT data to SSRS Sub Report
Few days back one of my team mate complained to me that one particular sub report is failing randomly with
Error:...
2012-02-27
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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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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
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Question of the Day
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