List of Disks and Free Space
Recently I have been supporting our move from TFS from 2010 to TFS 2012. The database instances is stored on a server that I do not have log on...
2013-01-03
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Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
31 Days of Disaster...
2013-01-02
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Vote for my SQL Bits sessions
“Rob? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those...
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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SQL Server Consulting–New for 2013
Today is the first full work day for me in 2013 and I though I’d use it to write a...
2013-01-02
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Free SQL Server Learning Resources - Jan'2013
Database Normalization (some useful links)
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~wyllys/DMPAMaterials/normstep.html
http://www.guru99.com/database-normalization.html
http://www.aliencoders.com/content/basics-normalization-examples
SQL Server Programming Fundamentals (some useful links)
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/SQLProgrammingFundamentals.aspx
http://beginner-sql-tutorial.com/sql-select-statement.htm
SQL Server Database Administration
DBA Responsibilities
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/12/the-day-to-day-tasks-of-the-average-dba/
DBA Best Practices
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/presentations/
Free eBooks (to...
2013-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the party that happens on the second Tuesday of...
2013-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction
Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the...
2013-01-04 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Querying and Optimizing DAX
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching some videos from this year’s PASS Summit. One of the presentations I...
2013-01-02
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sp_spaceused system-stored procedure
You can use the sp_spaceused system-stored procedure to return space usage information about a database or a table within a...
2013-01-02
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SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQL Bits XI
SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending....
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Switching Schemas I
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers