Networking - Part 1
This post, and the next couple in the series (which may not be this week) are me talking through what...
2009-01-06
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Blog Posts
Thinking of Attending DevTeach/SQLTeach in Vancouver This June?
If you are thinking about attending DevTeach/SQLTeach in Vancouver this June 8-12, 2009, and you haven't registered yet, you need...
2009-01-06
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We Are Microsoft Charity Event 2009
I received notification a few days ago that I was selected again to participate in the We Are Microsoft charity...
2009-01-06
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Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS
Steve Jones recommended this one to me. It starts at the very beginnings of UPS and goes through pretty much...
2009-01-05
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Investing In Yourself
I've always been in favor of investing in things that I think will benefit me long term, but all investments...
2009-01-05
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Kindle Review – Back To Paper
I’ve had my Kindle now for about 3 1/2 months and I have to say that I really like it....
2009-01-05
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Orlando DotNetNuke User Group Meeting on Jan 6, 2009
My friend Will Strohl leads this group and asked for help getting the word out. I'm planning to attend.
URL:http://orlando.dotnetnukeug.net/WhatsNew/Events/tabid/91/ctl/Details/Mid/428/ItemID/16/Default.aspx?selecteddate=1/6/2009
Speaker: Stan...
2009-01-05
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SSIS – CHECKSUM Transformation
CHECKSUM is a TSQL function that computes a hash value over a list of arguments. The great thing about creating...
2009-01-05
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The Story of The Aquarium Stand
Last year we acquired a small aquarium for my daughter, and then upgraded to a whopping 10 gallon tank. Turned...
2009-01-05
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DBA Mission and Vision Statement
There is a saying that "The important is often not
urgent and the urgent not important". I could not agree more...
2009-01-03
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Blogs
The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 8: RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
By Vinay Thakur
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation. we have covered so far — embeddings, vectors, vector...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
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Not Just an Upgrade
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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