SQL Server – Script to generate Read-Only Routing URLs
If you are familiar with the new feature Read-Only Routing introduced in SQL Server 2012 with AlwaysOn then you should...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – New Database Backup Encryption with SQL Server 2014
With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, we have the first version of SQL Server that supports encrypting database...
2015-07-21
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SQL Server – Capture Execution Plan of a Currently Running Query/Process SPID
DBAs most often face scenarios where they need to capture graphical execution plan of a query currently running on a live production instance because...
2015-06-05
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SQL Server – How to Calculate Length and Size of any field in a SQL Table
Recently I came across a situation where queries are loading extremely slow from a table. After careful analysis we found...
2015-06-04
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SQL Server – Changing Ownership for All the User Databases to “sa” Account
Most people prefer to have “sa” account as the database owner, primary reason being sa login cannot be removed/deleted unlike any...
2015-05-05
387 reads
SQL Server – Endpoint Authentication Error in AlwaysOn Availability Group Setup
According to MSDN: If the SQL Server service is running as a built-in account, such as Local System, Local Service,...
2015-02-06
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SQL Server – Ports used by Database Engine and other SQL Features
Most of us know the default port for SQL Server is 1433, but there are various ports being used by SQL Server...
2014-12-07
367 reads
SQL Server – Failed to bring availability group ‘[availability group name]’ online
I have been noticing one very common error that occurs while trying to failover an Availability Group in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysON...
2014-10-28
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SQL Server – Aborted Online Index Operation & Observed Elevated Values for PWAIT_MD_RELATION_CACHE and MD_LAZYCACHE_RWLOCK Wait Types
Last week on one of our production servers (version 2011.110.3373.0), we’ve encountered a strange issue which is relatively new (only...
2014-08-12
598 reads
SQL Server – Script to Identify and Update Database Auto-Growth Setting
An auto-growth event is the process by which the SQL Server engine expands the size of a database file when...
2014-06-25
1,100 reads
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AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers