Simple Maintenance Tasks for Non-Production Databases
Log File Sizes:
It's not unusual to see cases where database backups are taken from production and restored to a development or QA environment....
2009-04-23
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Blog Posts
Spring Still Not Really Hitting Montreal Yet, thus More Time to Hunt Down Useless Indexes
Hopefully, by the time we have our annual family vacation in May, the Cherry Blossoms will be out – until then...
2009-04-23
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The Google Containers
After my editorial on portable data centers, I had a number of people knock down the idea, saying it doesn’t...
2009-04-23
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The Twitter Ripples
I saw this post on The Business of Software Blog about a use of Twitter to spread the word for...
2009-04-23
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Want a SQLSaturday Polo or Tshirt?
I've had a few requests for these, so I'll take orders through May 8, 2009. The polo is a very...
2009-04-23
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Behind Every Great Restore is a Great Backup
Behind Every Great Restore is a Great Backup
I showed you how to do a database backup with powershell a few...
2009-04-22
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Catalog View: sys.sql_logins
When it comes to logins to SQL Server, there are basically 3 types:
SQL Server-based loginsWindows user accountsWindows security groupsThe latter...
2009-04-22
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Day of DotNutNuke in Tampa on June 13, 2009
My friend Will Strohl is managing the Day of DNN on June 13, 2009 at the Microsoft office in Tampa....
2009-04-22
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Human Data Quality
Disclaimer: I read and speak one language, having failed pretty well at learning Latin, Spanish, and then Japanese in my...
2009-04-22
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Internal Outsourcing
We'll all heard about or lived with outsourcing, and hopefully we know it's good and bad. Outsourcing the janitorial services...
2009-04-22
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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