[Video] Azure SQL Database – Import a Database
Quick Video showing you have to use a BACPAC to “import” a database into Azure (Via Storage container),
2020-12-03
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Requesting Comments on the SQLOrlando Operations Manual
For the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to capture a lot of ideas about how and what and why we do things in Orlando and put them into...
2020-12-02
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Ignoring Comments in SQL Compare
Recently I had a client that wanted to know how they could use SQL Compare to catch actual changes in their code, but not have comments show up as...
2020-12-14 (first published: 2020-12-02)
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PASS SQLSaturday’s I will be speaking at
I will be speaking at two upcoming PASS SQLSaturday’s. These are free events that you can attend virtually: Azure Synapse Analytics: A Data Lakehouse 12/5/20, 1:10pm EST, PASS SQL...
2020-12-02
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #006: What about blob?
I am revisiting old T-SQL Tuesday invitations from the very beginning of the project. On May 3, 2010, Michael Coles invited us to write about how we use LOB...
2020-12-02
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Daily Coping 2 Dec 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-12-02
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SQL Database Corruption, how to investigate root cause?
Introduction:
In this article, we will discuss the MS SQL Server database corruption.
So, first, we need to understand what the cause of corruption is. Usually, in all the scenarios of...
2020-12-02
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SQL Database Corruption, how to investigate root cause?
Introduction:
In this article, we will discuss the MS SQL Server database corruption.
So, first, we need to understand what the cause of corruption is. Usually, in all the scenarios of...
2020-12-02
225 reads
New-DbatoolsQuestion | Invoke-DbatoolsDiscussion -Platform Github
Chrissy LeMaire (blog | twitter) pinged me earlier this week to tell me about Github Discussions. It’s a new feature of Github which is similar to Stack Exchange, but...
2020-12-02
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Would You Pass the SQL Server Certifications Please? What Do You Mean We're Out?
I have held various certifications through my DBA career, from CompTIA A+ certification back when I worked help desk (I'm old) through the various MCxx that Microsoft has offered...
2020-12-10 (first published: 2020-12-01)
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Blogs
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
By SQLPals
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T-SQL Tuesday #202 SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget: A Roundup
When I put together the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #202, I wasn't sure what...
A Last Minute Trip to the EU
By Steve Jones
My life has some crazy travel stretches for sure. Between speaking, office visits, customer...
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers