Backup/Restore vs Detach & Attach
You want to move a database from one server to another. There are two options to do that.
1) Detach/Attach: To...
2011-10-04
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Blog Posts
Basic Inner Joins – Basic Skill #4
This post is part of a series based on my presentation The Top Ten Skills You Need for SQL Server....
2011-10-04
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GET MVP DEEP DIVES VOL 2 50% OFF - TODAY ONLY!
Quick blog post to let you know that a special ONE-DAY TODAY ONLY deal by the publisher of the fantastic SQL Server...
2011-10-04
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Growing like a weed?
The other day, someone said to me ?You guys are growing like a weed? Now it was a competitor, so...
2011-10-04
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Index usage
Last week I blogged about how to get help identifying possible missing indexes by using some of the DMV’s provided...
2011-10-04
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Me an MVP? It Really Happened
Yes, I was named a SQL Server MVP the most recent round of awards. I honestly can’t believe it. It...
2011-10-04
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Me an MVP? It Really Happened
Yes, I was named a SQL Server MVP the most recent round of awards. I honestly can’t believe it. It is a great honor to have been recognized for...
2011-10-04
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SQL Server Indexing Day, 18. Jänner 2012 in Wien
Sie wollen SQL Server
Abfragen um 100% oder gar 1000% beschleunigt haben? Gleichzeitig wollen Sie Hardware–
und Lizenzkosten Ihrer SQL Server Anwendungen...
2011-10-04
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SQL Server MVP for another year
I’m naturally paranoid. I suppose it keeps me honest. When I went to work for SolidQ earlier this year – and...
2011-10-04
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TCP Chimney offload
On Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 TCP Chimney was enabled by default. It took me a while to...
2011-10-04
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers