When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get ... Continue reading
2019-09-04
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Blog Posts
Working with SQL Server Data Files
Most people connect to a database, create tables, run update statements, tune queries, add indexes, and never once think about the underlying data and log files that support all...
2019-09-04
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Working with SQL Server Data Files
Most people connect to a database, create tables, run update statements, tune queries, add indexes, and never once think about the underlying data and log files that support all...
2019-09-04
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Working with SQL Server Data Files
Most people connect to a database, create tables, run update statements, tune queries, add indexes, and never once think about the underlying data and log files that support all...
2019-09-04
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Working with SQL Server Data Files
Most people connect to a database, create tables, run update statements, tune queries, add indexes, and never once think about the underlying data and log files that support all...
2019-09-04
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Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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New Centralized View of SQL Resources in Azure
Yesterday, some new views were made available in the Azure portal that will be helpful to those of us who create or manage Azure SQL resources. First, a new...
2019-09-03 (first published: 2019-08-22)
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases
This is part one of a three-part series. I’ve mentioned in various places, including in blog posts on occasion, that my production SQL Server instance hosts several thousand (nearly...
2019-09-03
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases
This is part one of a three-part series.
I’ve mentioned in various places, including in blog posts on occasion, that my production SQL Server instance hosts several thousand (nearly 9000...
2019-09-03
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Blogs
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...
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
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A Quick Restore
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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