Free SQL Server Training Videos
Hello everyone! This is your SQL Server Consultant in Austin, TX and due to some posts on twitter about SQL PASS recordings costing $999 I wanted to share some...
2019-12-27
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Blog Posts
Free SQL Server Training Videos
Hello everyone! This is your SQL Server Consultant in Austin, TX and due to some posts on twitter about SQL PASS recordings costing $999 I wanted to share some...
2019-12-27
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatCleveland
I am so excited and honored to have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Cleveland #930 on February 1, 2020. This will be my second time speaking at...
2019-12-27
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Merry Christmas
Christmas was this week so nothing technical today, just a simple blog post wishing you and your family blessings and good tidings during this holiday time. May the holidays...
2019-12-27
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Resolving Merge Conflicts in SQL Source Control – the Basics (video)
In this 35 minute livestream recording, I commit conflicting code to a Git repo in Azure DevOps Services using Redgate’s SQL Source Control, then step through options to fix...
2019-12-27
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SQLSaturday Tampa 2020 (On Leap Day!)
Feb 29, 2020 is the date for SQLSaturday Tampa, number 951. The call for speakers is open through January 10th, so you don’t have much time to get something...
2019-12-27
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T-SQL Tuesday 121 – Gifts received – Summary
I got several responses for the last T-SQL Tuesday of the year that am honored to host. My topic was to blog on whatever you considered to be a...
2019-12-27 (first published: 2019-12-12)
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Understanding Azure Geo-Redundant Storage
While at PASS Summit 2019, I gave a session on designing Azure Disaster Recovery Strategies for the Data Platform. In that session, I talked about Azure storage and the...
2019-12-27 (first published: 2019-12-13)
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Xmas tree in T-SQL
This is a very simple version of a Xmas tree using T-SQL, also is a good example to learn how recursive CTE works.So, if you are in front of...
2019-12-27
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Xmas tree in T-SQL
This is a very simple version of a Xmas tree using T-SQL, also is a good example to learn how recursive CTE works.So, if you are in front of...
2019-12-27
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Blogs
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 2: Generative AI, Multimodal Systems, and Agent AI
By Vinay Thakur
continuing from Day 1 where we covered the history of AI and GPT family,...
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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