Applied SQL: Demonstrate Simple Backup and Restore
Let’s apply a little backup and restore knowledge, eh wot?
I introduce this whole concept in Applied SQL: You Have Homework....
2011-10-26
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Blog Posts
Buckets for Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery can be a huge project at any company. Considering the ways in which you build a plan that...
2011-10-26
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Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS
Part 1 – Parent Child Hierarchies and Pseudo GL Accounts
This post is born out of some real life lessons that I...
2011-10-26
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I’m a winner!
Actually, I only submitted the winning entry; Denali CTP3 SQL Server 2012 is the real winner. After having a blog...
2011-10-26
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Miss TechEd Australia 2011? No problem, all videos are online
As you may know, the TechEd in the U.S. is not the only one. There have been many all over the...
2011-10-26
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SQLInspireNYC - You can still REGISTER for FREE! - Embarcadero Give-a-way
You may have missed the big announcement yesterday on SQLServerCentral.com, that thanks to one of our great event sponsors, Red Gate, we...
2011-10-26
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SSAS – Deployment Wizard
The Analysis Services Deployment Wizard is an often under utilized but important tool when moving your OLAP database throughout your...
2011-10-26
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Watch those VARCHAR(MAX) columns, and ONLINE index rebuilds
G’day,
I’ve noted a few instances lately of cases where VARCHAR(MAX) columns have been used unnecessarily, when a small value (for a...
2011-10-26
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Import MS Best Practice Policies
Let’s take a look at how to import the Microsoft Best Practice Policies into your Policy Based Management Server. You...
2011-10-25
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Multiple query plans for the same query?
A while back i was creating a stored procedure to be used for pulling data from the SQL Server into...
2011-10-25
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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Checking the Error Log I
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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