SQL Saturday #198, Vancouver, BC Session Files
This past weekend was SQL Saturday #198 in Vancouver, B.C. It started off with a leisurely drive up to Vancouver...
2013-02-19
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SQL Server Soldier :: News from the frontlines of the database wars
Day 28 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Recovering SQL if the Tempdb Drive Dies
Welcome to day 28 of my series 31 Days of Disaster Recovery. Today I want to talk about recovering SQL...
2013-02-22 (first published: 2013-02-14)
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Day 27 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Restoring Part of a Database
Today is day 27 of my series 31 Days of Disaster Recovery, and I want to talk about restoring a...
2013-02-12
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SQLSoldier World Tour Kicks Off in 1 Week
The SQLSoldier World Tour kicks off this next Friday when I head up to Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. I...
2013-02-10
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Day 26 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: The Mysterious Case of the Long Backup
Welcome back for day 26 of my series 31 Days of Disaster Recovery. Today I want to share a tale...
2013-02-10
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Day 25 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Improving Performance of Backups and Restores
My series 31 Days of Disaster recovery has been on hiatus due mostly to illness. I’ve been battling a chest...
2013-02-10
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Day 24 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Handling Corruption in a Clustered Index
Welcome to day 24 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series. Previously, I’ve talked about several different forms of...
2013-01-31
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Day 23 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Restoring Differential Backups With New Files
It’s day 23 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series, and today’s blog post is inspired from an email...
2013-01-29
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Day 22 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Which DBCC CHECK Commands Update Last Known Good DBCC
The end of the day is quickly approaching as I finish this blog post. This is day 22 in my...
2013-01-27
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Day 21 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Who Deleted That Data?
Welcome back for day 21 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series. Today I want to talk about trying...
2013-01-26
1,517 reads
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