Determining Default Trace Location
While working on some scripts against SQL Server’s default trace, I wanted to develop a sure fire way to find...
2013-01-09
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StrateSQL
SQL Saturday Fargo Update
It’s been a while since I mentioned anything about the SQL Saturday in Fargo. So I thought I would let...
2013-01-08
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Index Analysis Update – January 2012
In the past couple weeks, I’ve gotten a couple reports of issues with sp_indexanalysis. The update today fixes those issues....
2013-01-08
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January 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
Today is the first Monday of 2013. Do you know if your servers are ready to take on the first...
2013-01-07
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #14
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2013-01-07
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Reblog: December 28 to January 3
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-01-04
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Wrapping Up 2012
Last year, I did a wrap up post of the year to see where I landed from where I wanted...
2012-12-31
1,631 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #13
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-12-31
1,724 reads
Reblog: December 21 to December 27
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-28
1,115 reads
PASSMN Presentation Materials
Last week, I presented on extended events at the Minnesota SQL Server user group (PASSMN). The turnout was quite excellent...
2012-12-28
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
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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