Catching Up on The #SQLPASS Virtual Chapters
(Didn't realize until I was posting that this was my 100th post...whew!)
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A few months ago we purchased a new "smart"...
2016-05-17
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Upcoming SQL Saturdays - June 2016
I am speaking at two different SQL Saturdays in June!
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First up on June 4th is SQL Saturday #517 Philadelphia (#SQLSAT517)...
2016-05-12
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SQL 2016 - The Time Has Come!
Microsoft dropped it on us this morning:
Get ready, SQL Server 2016 coming on June 1st
https://media.makeameme.org/created/yes-finally.jpg
I read the article and was...
2016-05-02
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Where Is My Primary Replica Again?
We have many clients with multi-node Availability Groups - that is, AGs with more than two replicas. One of the problems...
2016-05-03 (first published: 2016-04-22)
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How Long Did That Job Run?
When you use the msdb tables to try to gather information on your SQL Server Agent jobs, inevitably you will...
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-04-14)
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Don't Use Delimiters In Your Object Names!
It started with a failed backup status check:
Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Line 73
** Backups listed in this file...
2016-04-04
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Why I Love #SQLSaturday
PASS SQLSaturdays are free 1-day training events for SQL Server professionals that focus on local speakers, providing a variety of...
2016-03-28
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Pulling Security Info
A frequent request I receive is to pull a list of logins/users with certain accesses, role memberships, etc.
I had a...
2016-04-07 (first published: 2016-03-24)
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Update Your Scripts!
I had an incident today where a colleague was running a Wait Stats Report and the output looked like this:
As...
2016-03-15 (first published: 2016-03-09)
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Another Source of Knowledge
It started with a tweet from one the many members of the #sqlfamily who always has something meaningful to say,...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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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...
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