Database Snapshots – A view of database at a specific point in time
Beginning with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced a new feature called database snaphots, which gives DBAs a way of presenting...
2012-12-11
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Why SQL Server security matters: A case study
Database technologies are an essential component of many information systems because they store a large amount of sensitive corporate data...
2012-12-02
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XML Support and SQL Server
Checkout my article here, in which I discussed the fundamentals of XML technologies.
This article is published on SSWUG.org.
2012-12-02
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Planning for ETL solution
Checkout my article here, in which I talked about the basic steps that are requried to plan an successful ETL...
2012-12-02
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How to migrate a SQL Server database to a lower version
Problem
After recently upgrading a SQL Server instance to SQL Server 2012 a few days ago, you noticed that your application...
2012-11-15
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SQL Server 2012 Installation Guide
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
This article walks the user through installation of SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server...
2012-11-11
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SQL Server Database Consolidation
The database expansion costs money, not just software licenses. It costs money in maintenance and hardware, and also impacting businesses...
2012-11-11
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SQL Server Service Broker error database cannot be enabled
Problem
The SQL Server Database Engine returns the following error message after a service broker enabled database is restored to the...
2012-10-24
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Getting Started with Partially Contained Databases
Before SQL Server 2012, when we move or restore databases to a different SQL Server instance, then any logins associated...
2012-10-24
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SQL Server Locking Overview
Locking is a necessary part of transaction processing when working in a multi-user Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) environment. You use...
2012-10-21
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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