Make It Simple With Policy-Based Management
At work recently, I explained to a coworker the reasons and benefits of having databases in Simple mode in your...
2011-07-13
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Blog Posts
Simple Database User-Access Security Validation & Granting Elevated Access Temporarily Using the Execute As Statement
If you ever want to validate what level of access a user has within a database OR wish to temporarily...
2011-07-13
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SQL Server Codename “Denali” CTP3 Resources
SQL Server codename “Denali” CTP3 has been released to the public after much anticipation. You may ask yourself, “What happened...
2011-07-13
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SSIS package taking forever to load when you open it?
When you open a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package in SSIS Designer or add components to a package, SSIS...
2011-07-13
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SSSOL July 2011 Reminder
This is just a quick note to remind anybody who may be interested of the upcoming Las Vegas User Group...
2011-07-13
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SSSOL July 2011 Reminder
This is just a quick note to remind anybody who may be interested of the upcoming Las Vegas User Group meeting. As I posted here, we will be learning...
2011-07-13
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We have a new contributor…
In order to keep the content fresh and the posts flowing here on my blog I have decided to publish...
2011-07-13
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Automating Web App Deployments with SSIS
This is just a quick note to let everyone know I’ve uploaded the project files from my Pragmatic Works webinar...
2011-07-12
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Copying parent-child rows and SQL Dependency Tracker
I was facing quite well-known issue today – I had to develop logic of duplicating (versioning) parent-child records. Because I was...
2011-07-12
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How to move the Model Database
First we need to know the name and file location of the Model database files. When you change the location, make...
2011-07-12
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
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I'm thinking about submitting some articles
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers