Start Building Your Next Network
Take a look at your network right now and while it probably has some diversity, I bet it’s tied pretty...
2012-03-30 (first published: 2012-03-25)
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SQLAndy
Gardens and Scarecrows
A few weeks ago I started clearing space for a small garden. Tedious work due to the area of the...
2012-03-16
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I’m Not a Bozo!
Something fun for Friday, this was a gift from the client I work with to lighten things up and do...
2012-03-16
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Done or Not Done
One of the things I hear a lot relating to work big and small is that it is “almost done”,...
2012-03-12
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Jedi Mind Tricks
Here’s a story from a recent meeting. We were discussing some problems and the team was talking through some options...
2012-03-12
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Notes from the February 2012 MagicPASS Meeting
I was back at MagicPASS last week to do a presentation, my first time with the group at the new...
2012-03-06
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The Armor of Transparency
Yesterday I blogged about hosting a daily status meetings and some of the tricks I use to make it work....
2012-02-27
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The Daily Status Meeting
For the past six months or so I’ve hosted a daily status meeting for a large project. It started out...
2012-03-02 (first published: 2012-02-26)
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First Impressions
I was chatting with a friend recently who had been in turn chatting with a colleague about first impressions. The...
2012-02-21
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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas...
2012-02-20
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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...
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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