How to restore the tail end of a transaction log
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2012-05-25 (first published: 2012-05-21)
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I had the pleasure of attending SQL Saturday 112 this past weekend. This was my second time speaking at a...
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Spend two hours with me at #sqlsat107.
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Becoming the dumbest guy in the group
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I am speaking at #sqlsat111 on TEMPDB.
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2012-04-13
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I am a Linchpin Team Mate
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2012-04-13
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SQLSAT107
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SQL Skills IE3 #sqlskills
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2012-03-16
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SQL Saturday 103 Recap
SQL Saturday 103 was in Curacao, a beautiful Dutch Island in the Caribbean. I was fortunate enough to be able...
2012-03-14
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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