Database Mirroring - Hitting the Limits
When I first heard about database mirroring in 2004, I was excited. Here was a great new feature that would...
2009-07-22
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Blog Posts
Featured Blogger: Glenn Berry
This month I’m featuring Glenn Berry, a Denver based MVP that writes Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance blog. He blogs...
2009-07-22
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Kindle Alternatives – B&N on Blackberry
I’m not a fan of Blackberry devices. Actually that’s not true, I really dislike them. They’re not intuitive, and I’ve...
2009-07-22
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My Virtual Lab setup Hyper-V 2008 and Virtual Server 2005 R2
One of the things I’ve maintained over the years is a lab to do everything I need. From testing new...
2009-07-22
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Replication Snapshot Errors Caused By Compatibility Level Setting
I ran across an interesting replication error recently that's worth sharing. It happened while using a distributor running SQL 2008,...
2009-07-22
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Barnes and Noble eBooks
I saw yesterday that Barnes and Noble released their e-reader for iTouch/iPhone, Blackerrys, Mac, and PCs and at the same...
2009-07-21
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Contest to Win a Free Trip to PASS
MSSQLTips & Idera are sponsoring a contest where the grand prize in an all expenses paid trip to the PASS Summit...
2009-07-21
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Conversations
Do you know how to start a conversation or how to join one? I usually wait for a pause and...
2009-07-21
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Kindle Update - Broken
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I was literally stunned and it must have shown on my face because my daughter asked me if I was...
2009-07-21
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Meet, Greet, & Remember?
How many of you have said, “I have a real hard time remembering names” or “Excuse me, I know we...
2009-07-21
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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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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