What’s a differential backup?
Of the different basic types of backups (full, differential and log) I find the differential the most interesting, and frequently...
2019-02-12 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Scheduling things to Run in SQL Server
A key part of the SQL Server Agent is the ability to schedule jobs. While you can create one schedule...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Steps to Recover Deleted Records from SQL Server Database Tables
In case you forgot to take backup of current database in SQL Server and deleted few records from SQL Server table. The post will help you in recovering deleted...
2019-01-23
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Steps to Recover Deleted Records from SQL Server Database Tables
In case you forgot to take backup of current database in SQL Server and deleted few records from SQL Server...
2019-01-23
1,428 reads
Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log
Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...
2019-01-23
1,656 reads
Why You Shouldn't Use SELECT * In Production Systems (EVER!)
OK so the title is a bit of a bold statement but bear with me, I’ve been burned by this...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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17 months of podcasting – recap
Before I publish the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast, I would like to stop and look back for...
2019-01-23
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SQL Power Doc to Discover, Diagnose and Document SQL Server
This article will provide an overview of SQL Power Doc, a powerful script to document SQL Server, including pre-requisites, purpose, installation, processing and output. Automation seems to be an increasing...
2019-01-22
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SQL Power Doc to Discover, Diagnose and Document SQL Server
This article will provide an overview of SQL Power Doc, a powerful script to document SQL Server, including pre-requisites, purpose,...
2019-01-22
343 reads
Critiquing Grant Fritchey: Circa 2008
For several years, I ran a regular feature on this blog, Speaker of the Month. I attend a lot of...
2019-01-22
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Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025: Fewer Locks, Less Blocking, and the Cases It Cannot Fix
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Finely Tuned Models
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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