The Next Phase of My Career
For anyone who hasn't seen an update somewhere else in the social media universe, I recently started a new job...
2013-11-18
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Hung SQL Server Restores from Tivoli Storage Manager/Tivoli Data Protection
I ran into this with a client last night when trying to restore their SQL Server data warehouse database from...
2013-07-10
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New Page - "How to Get Involved With the SQL Server Community"
I recently composed an email (on the side) for a client DBA looking for info on getting involved with the...
2013-06-19
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SQLPerformance.com
I have had the opportunity to go through the first three SQLSkills Immersion Events, and one of the side benefits...
2013-05-28
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T-SQL Tuesday #42 - The Long and Winding Road
It's T-SQL Tuesday again (Thanks go to Adam Machanic (B/T)) and this month the host is Wendy Pastrick (B/T). Wendy's...
2013-05-14
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Announcing SQL Saturday 197 Omaha Pre-Cons!
Here is a flyer produced by someone on the team - he says it all very well:
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Get Warmed...
2013-02-07
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The Value of Certifications
A former co-worker recently sent me an email asking about Microsoft certifications, and if I pursued them, and what I...
2013-02-05
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Why is My New Server Under CPU Pressure?
Signal waits frequently translate to the amount of time that SQLOS is under pressure for CPU resources, as outlined in...
2013-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-24)
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Everybody Needs to Know About Recovery
My friend and SQL Server professional Tim Radney (blog/@tradney) has written a new entry in the Joes2Pros series:
You can get...
2012-11-01
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A Minor Problem of Access
A colleague sent this - they received a trouble ticket where a user who had "all access" to the database couldn't...
2012-10-19
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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...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
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