Fear Based Decisions
Most of us aren't good decision makers. We make decisions based on emotion rather than facts, and for many decisions...
2009-02-25
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Blog Posts
Finding a Work-Life Balance
Like most everyone who works hard in our industry, I’ve run into more than a few conflicts trying to balance...
2009-02-25
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Microsoft Starts New Website Focused on IT Pro
Microsoft has introduced a new website (part of Microsoft.com) called Thrive. It is still in its infancy, but its focus...
2009-02-25
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Determining if a Server Principal Owns Database Objects
This question comes up a lot in the forums: "How do I know if the login owns any objects?" Usually...
2009-02-24
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Excel Malformed File Vulnerability - Remote Code Execution
Today, Microsoft release a security advisory about a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. This one affects both PCs and Macs....
2009-02-24
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Kindle Update - Samples
I like being able to view samples on my Kindle. It's one of the very neat features of the Kindle...
2009-02-24
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Next Technical Speaking Seminar is March 14, 2009 in Orlando
I've scheduled another iteration of my Technical Speaking Seminar for March 14, 2009 in Orlando. It's free, and I'm hosting...
2009-02-24
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The Race to 50 (Prius Update)
When the weather is cold, the Prius performs much worse (relatively) than it does when it’s warm. It makes sense...
2009-02-24
1,798 reads
Database Mirroring FAQ: What would be the best practice to configure Failover Clustering and Database Mirroring?
Question: What would be the best practice to configure Failover Clustering and Database Mirroring?
This question is frequently asked in one...
2009-02-23
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Detecting When a Login Has Implicit Access to a Database
Yesterday I blogged about how to figure out what database principals corresponded to what server principals. The key is to...
2009-02-23
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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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