RAID your backups
Let’s start with a very brief definition of some RAID levels.
RAID 0 : Stripe your data across multiple disks. Writing a...
2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)
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SQLStudies
Comparing the contents of two tables
I’ve been working on tuning a query for the last week and I’ve had to make several changes to the...
2016-05-16 (first published: 2016-05-12)
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Getting your Cloud on
One of the things I like best about joining in on Adam Machanic’s (b/t) TSQL Tuesday blog party is that...
2016-05-10
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Grant Deny Revoke
It always amazes me how often these three commands get confused. Heck it amazes me how long I confused them....
2016-05-04
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Remove files from a filegroup
You have a database with one or more filegroups, and one or more of those filegroups has multiple files. You’ve...
2016-05-02
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Certificates, Proxies and Jobs! Oh My!
Oh Noes! I have a job that requires me to run an SSIS package, cmdshell script, etc. And I need...
2016-04-27
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Get your SQL Server MCSA without taking the BI exam.
I’m a big fan of certifications as a training exercise. However not everyone has the same interests. With the new...
2016-04-25
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Why my primary test environment is case sensitive.
Me: I think I’m going create a new playground instance.
Myself: Make sure you use a case sensitive (CS) collation when...
2016-04-20
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How do I rename a column?
Everyone makes mistakes right? And sometimes you create an object and decide later that you messed up and need to...
2016-04-18
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Modulo!
I love this somewhat obscure mathematical operator. All it does is return the remainder of a division statement but even...
2016-04-14
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Blogs
AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
By Steve Jones
I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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