Database Superhero Adventures, February 2018 Edition
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The week of SQLSaturday Nashville would prove to be a most eventful week. Monday I would be on my work...
2018-02-01
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Database Superhero’s Blog
Speaking at PASS Summit 2017 – Gaining Confidence
Earlier this week the folks at PASS reached out to last year’s speakers asking us to share a story of...
2018-01-27
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Implementing Smart Differential Backups Using Ola Hallengren’s Backup Scripts in SQL Server 2017
This is part 2 of 2 on taking smart backups. I wrote a previous blog on how to use configuration...
2018-01-23
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T-SQL Tuesday #98 – Your Technical Challenges Conquered – Corrupt Database in System Table
This T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Arun Sirpal (b | t) and wants to write about a technical challenge...
2018-01-09
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Implementing Smart Transaction Log Backups Using Ola Hallengren’s Backup Scripts in SQL Server 2017
This is part 1 of 2 part series on taking smart backups. Part 1 will be taking smart transaction logs...
2018-01-02
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Database Superhero Adventures, January 2018 Edition
Just in case you missed it I wrote a blog post for Idera on creating PowerShell module using Plaster you...
2018-01-01
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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