There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!
Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
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Blog Posts
Using docker named volumes to persist databases in SQL Server
I’ve previously talked about using named volumes to persist SQL Server databases but in that post I only used one...
2019-03-21
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Disabling and enabling triggers
I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now...
2019-03-20 (first published: 2019-03-06)
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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SheLeadsTech Community
ISACA, which is primarily an Audit and Compliance professional organization, has recently started an initiative with the following purpose:
ISACA’s SheLeadsTech...
2019-03-20
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Sizing your Azure SQL Database
Do you want to identify the correct Service Tier and Compute Size ( was once known as performance level) for your...
2019-03-20
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The Curiously Large CASE Statement
A powerful little expression in SQL Server is the CASE statement. The CASE statement has the ability to "transform" data per business rules to help better understand the data...
2019-03-20
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The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Earlier this month I released a new, free tool to export SQL Server query data to Excel files without needing Excel....
2019-03-20
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Two Weeks to #sqlinthecity Streamed
It’s just two weeks until the SQL in the City Streamed starts up again in 2019. I’m ready to travel...
2019-03-20
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Blogs
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...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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A Quick Restore
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Question of the Day
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