How To Restore Database in SQL Server 2014 From .bak - Step By Step
Due to threats of data loss, human errors, scam attempts, hardware damage, or natural disasters, it is imperative for IT...
2018-12-10
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Blog Posts
Moving SSISDB is not as easy as it sounds
We’ve been doing a lot of upgrading recently and at one point had to move an instance from one 2016...
2018-12-10
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My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)
A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use...
2018-12-10 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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Privacy and Protection in the Age of the GDPR
We’re seeing more and more GDPR-style laws coming out from various governments. With the GDPR starting to do enforcement at...
2018-12-10
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Setup Ola Hallengren SQL server Maintenance script
Ola Hallengren Maintenance Plan Deployment Many...
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2018-12-10
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SQL Server Adventures In Reducing IO
In the interests of curiosity I’m going to take a query that runs a relatively simple aggregation over a large...
2018-12-10
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SQL Server Essentials for beginners
SQL is the essential part of SQL Administration and SQL Development. A quick overview of basics can take you a...
2018-12-10
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Managing database backups is a critical role of the successful DBA. Understanding what the backup plan is and ensuring backups occur on schedule is not always transparent to the...
2018-12-10
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Yoink – Backups Gone
Not only is this mystery of missing backup files worth discussing now, but has been a mystery worth...
2018-12-10
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SQL Server on Docker
Started working on Docker and contains Install Docker on the system – please make a note that for windows 10 Home...
2018-12-08
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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