Toolbox - Just the Basics
There are many query sets out there to collect varying groups of configuration data - the ones I most frequently use...
2018-03-29
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Which Blogs Do I Recommend?
One of the most important parts of continuing learning as a DBA (or probably an IT Professional) is reading blogs. ...
2018-03-07
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Error 33206 - SQL Server Audit Failed to Create the Audit File
One of the joys of working with SQL Server is the descriptive and meaningful error messages, right?
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Exhibit A - the 33206:
Error:...
2018-03-13 (first published: 2018-03-05)
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Toolbox - Which Clerk Is Busy?
A few years ago I wrote what would turn out to be my most-hit blog post (so far) titled "Error...
2018-02-07
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Toolbox - Why is My Database So Big????
I have written previously (here)about how to tell which database files have free space in them when your drive starts...
2018-01-19
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T-SQL Tuesday #98 – Take Small Bites!
https://media.makeameme.org/created/mega-bytes-well.jpgIt's T-SQL Tuesday time again - the monthly blog party was started by Adam Machanic (blog/@AdamMachanic) and each month someone different...
2018-01-09
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Come to SQL Saturday Providence!
Tomorrow 12/09/2017 is SQL Saturday #694 in Providence, RI.
I will be presenting by SQL Server Health Check session first thing...
2017-12-08
360 reads
PASS Summit 2017 - Live and in Living Color!
UPDATE - the feed and schedule are live at http://www.pass.org/summit/2017/PASStv.aspx
http://rochistory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NBC-logo.pngNot in Seattle for some reason this week? Like maybe you stayed home...
2017-11-01
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But I Don't *Want* To "Restore from a backup of the database or repair the database!"
Do you like Log Shipping?
Before my time at Ntirety I had done quite a bit of work with failover clustering...
2017-11-02 (first published: 2017-10-23)
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And YOU Get a Deadlock and YOU Get a Deadlock and EVERYBODY GETS A DEADLOCK!
https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/400x/59507872/you-get-a-deadlock-everybody-gets-a-deadlock.jpgWe all get them at one point or another - deadlocks.
I have Object 1 and need Object 2, you have Object...
2017-10-26 (first published: 2017-10-18)
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Blogs
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...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 8: RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
By Vinay Thakur
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation. we have covered so far — embeddings, vectors, vector...
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