DBCC CLONEDATABASE in SQL Server 2014
In SQL Server 2014 SP2 an interesting new DBCC command was included, DBCC CLONEDATABASE
This command creates a “clone” of a...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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In SQL Server 2014 SP2 an interesting new DBCC command was included, DBCC CLONEDATABASE
This command creates a “clone” of a...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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One of the server settings that I always enable when configuring a new instance of SQL is database instant file...
2016-08-03
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SQL Server 2016 CU1 has been released and one thing I noticed was: –
FIX: Canceling a backup task crashes SQL...
2016-07-27
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Ok, so this is old news I know, but I’ve had a busy couple of months and am only getting...
2016-07-20
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Hey guys, differing from usual this is a quick post on setting up powershell remote sessions. I know you can...
2016-05-02 (first published: 2016-04-22)
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One of the new features that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is Dynamic Data Masking. DDM is designed to allow...
2016-04-22 (first published: 2016-04-13)
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I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now, nice and simple, just want to list the tools...
2016-04-06
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Continuing my obsession with partitioning I thought I’d write this quick post about a cool change in SQL Server 2016.
This...
2016-04-12 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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I’ve been playing around with partitioning quite a lot recently and wanted to write a quick post about how it...
2016-04-05 (first published: 2016-03-24)
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted as the run up to Xmas last year and this January have been...
2016-01-29
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By Steve Jones
In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare...
By SQLPals
Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022 ...
By Steve Jones
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company...
I have a table with partition on create_timestamp field. Though we're storing all data...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Adding and Dropping Columns II
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Leveraging DuckDB for OLAP Workloads:...
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers