Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans
Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...
2011-01-21
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Blog Posts
Speaking at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs on February 12
I recently found out that I will be one of the speakers at SQLSaturday #66 on February 12 in Colorado...
2011-01-21
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SQL Saturday Tampa Follow Up
This past weekend, I had a talk on SQL Server Reporting Services down in Tampa Florida for SQL Saturday 62....
2011-01-21
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31 Days of SSIS – DTSConfig Configuration (19/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last two posts in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables...
2011-01-20
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31 Days of SSIS – No More Procedures (20/31)
Time to shift off of configurations and environments and talk more about SSIS packages and best practices. If you haven’t...
2011-01-20
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January 2011 Meeting Recap
One week ago today the Las Vegas User group held our monthly meeting. One week ago today, at that meeting, we had our best attendance in over a year....
2011-01-20
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January 2011 Meeting Recap
One week ago today the Las Vegas User group held our monthly meeting. One week ago today, at that meeting,...
2011-01-20
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Looking Up Email Addresses with PowerShell
A week or so ago Aaron Nelson (Blog|Twitter) put out a call for help on Twitter looking for anyone that...
2011-01-20
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Now Let’s Vote for 24 Hours of PASS
Yesterday, I wanted you to vote for some SQLRally sessions, mine included. Today, let’s vote for the sessions for the...
2011-01-20
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PASS Update #49–SQLRally
I get a lot of questions about how SQLRally is going, which tells me that there is a lot of...
2011-01-20
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Blogs
What is ALM in Fabric?
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who’s worked with data for over 20 years and with many cloud...
The Most Successful Startups in 2025 — And What They Have in Common
By HeyMo0sh
2025 belongs to the AI startups. If you peek into the tech headlines, you’ll...
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...
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A Quick Restore
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
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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