Day Zero
Today's the day!!!
SQL Server is being released as I type this and I'm online listening to the keynote from Steve...
2005-11-07
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Blog Posts
Boycott Sony
In general I have been a Sony fan for most of my life, starting with the Walkmans they brought out...
2005-11-04
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Looking For Technical Editors
If anyone is interested, we are looking for people that are interested
in doing some technical editing for our magazine, the...
2005-11-02
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It's Done
I wrote the editorial today about this, but SQL Server 2005 RTM'd yesterday!!!
If you an on MSDN Subscriber, you can...
2005-10-28
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The Plame Saga...
Living in the D.C metro area it is difficult to avoid politics,
policies and policy-makers. After 9/11 it became well nigh
impossible ...
2005-10-28
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The Great Uproar and some advice
My editorial
this past week had to do with a great uproar on the interviewing piece
that ran Monday. I felt I...
2005-10-20
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On vacation!
It was busy at work after returning from PASS which means my work day continued for 2 or 3 hours after I got...
2005-10-16
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Something About Nothing: NULL
You wouldn’t think that “nothing” would cause so many problems. But seriously, understanding how to correctly use NULLs is a...
2005-10-16
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Blogging Is Hard
Why is that? My Database Daily editorial for this week focuses on that and I thought it would be interesting...
2005-10-14
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Remote Access
We typically have great weather in Colorado where I live, but we do get
snow. And occassionally it causes issues. Like...
2005-10-12
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Training Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server 2025 Unleashed:...
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...
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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