PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell
This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it’s my third day here. I have already...
2013-10-17
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Guy Glantser
PASS Summit 2013 – Day 2: The PASS Spirit
This is my second day into the PASS Summit 2013, and the excitement is still rising. My first day was...
2013-10-16
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PASS Summit 2013 – My First Day and Paul White
This is my first time to attend the PASS Summit. I was very excited about it, and I planned to...
2013-10-15
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How Much Unallocated Space do I Have in My Database Files
In a previous post, I wrote about when and how to shrink your database files. The bottom line was that...
2013-08-13
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My Summary of 24 Hours of PASS
Once a year, just before the annual PASS Summit, there is a promotional event called 24 Hours of PASS. The...
2013-08-05
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When and How to Shrink Your Database
Most DBAs know that shrinking a database is a bad thing. But in many cases, there is no DBA around,...
2013-08-01
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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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