PowerShell Usage In DBA Work — Case Study 1 / 7
I have been blogged non-technical topics for too long and it is time for me to return to my favourite...
2013-03-06
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DBA Philosophy
Where Should Database Administration Go?
For the past 5 or 6 years, we have seen lots of innovative products emerged, from smartphone to tablets, from...
2013-02-04
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DBA Work Accounting
One thing lots of DBA teams, esp. the DBA managers, feel uncomfortable is that it is difficult to quantify/log DBA’s...
2012-10-22
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Why I dislike Third Party Database Monitoring Tools
I have to admit I am not a fan of the various 3rd party monitoring tools (after using a few...
2012-09-17
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When Can You Be Considered As A Senior DBA
As a DBA, when can you consider yourself as a senior DBA?
If you read online posts, you will find most...
2012-08-27
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Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part Two
As a DBA, we have to take various actions based on huge amount of information received. In one perspective, our...
2012-07-31
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Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part One
I define DBA operation productivity as the total positive values brought to the work environment by a DBA in a...
2012-07-24
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Inspirational Database Administration Requirements
Just as a society’s civilization is mostly nurtured by its culture, I believe that DBA work quality is mostly determined...
2012-06-23
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“Green” Database Administration
For the past few years, I have seen tens of sql server boxes added in my work environment every year,...
2012-06-04
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Investment for DBA Career
As IT professionals, we all will consider and take actions, at some point of time, to “invest” in our careers....
2012-06-02
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
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would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
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I'm thinking about submitting some articles
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers