When was the last successful backup?
What is the fastest and perhaps easiest way to find the last successful database backup?
Just right click on the Database...
2013-03-01
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SQL and SQL Only
SQL Server Memory Usage - Task Manager
Another question I have answered 100s of times to Non SQL folks. "SQLServr.Exe is consuming 80% of memory. Can you...
2012-05-20
1,390 reads
Sysprocesses CPU and CPU Percentage - utilization
I am not sure how many of you have faced this situation? I have faced it many many times. Somebody...
2012-04-23
1,159 reads
Calling Function / UDF using linked server
If one needs to call a UDF or System function ( ex: Serverproperty, Getdate(), etc ) on a remote server, then one...
2012-04-08
2,850 reads
Inserting UniCode / Special characters in tables
Consider the situation where one needs to store multilingual data / Special characters into a table. For example Chinese characters or...
2012-03-27
7,694 reads
File Group Backups - Intro
What is File Group backup?
Backing up a portion of a database, say a File Group is termed as Filegroup...
2012-01-13
490 reads
Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
505 reads
Backup/Restore vs Detach & Attach
You want to move a database from one server to another. There are two options to do that.
1) Detach/Attach: To...
2011-10-04
978 reads
Reading SQL Error log
SQL Error log can be read from SQL Server's management studio. However, Management studio is too slow and definitely not...
2011-08-25
409 reads
ALTER TABLE - Adding Column - Column Order Impact
Most of us would have altered a table structre by adding a column to the table. When an ALTER table...
2011-06-25
971 reads
Blogs
Starting Points for Quantum Computing Learning
By Brian Kelley
I didn't have these in my slides for the Techno Security & Digital Forensics...
SSMS 21 Fixes Irritating Problem
I have a proper blog post coming out tomorrow for T-SQL Tuesday, but today,...
Monday Monitor Tips: Customizing Data Retention
By Steve Jones
One of the biggest challenges with monitoring data is managing the volume over time....
Forums
How do I add all the values in the column considering it to be in hh:mm:ss:ms
How do I add all the values in the column considering it to be...
are the caching messages in ssis for a lookup an indication of poor performance?
Hi, i am curious if i made the best choices for a lookup component...
Question of the Day
Adding Lots of Dates
The second parameter for the EOMONTH() function is an integer. In June 2025, if I run this code, what is returned?
DECLARE @d DATE = GETDATE() SELECT EOMONTH(@d, 95695)See possible answers