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Take a COPY_ONLY backup of TDE protected database on Azure SQL Managed Instance
The recommended way to backup and restore databases in Managed Instance is using built-in automatic backups and cross-instance point-in-time restore. However, if you need to use the manual backups, Jovan Popvic explains the procedure that you would need to follow.
2019-05-31
Quick Hits on Managed Instance Backup / Restore
Jovan Popovic has some pieces of advice for backin...
2019-05-24
Memory Pressure and Azure SQL Managed Instances
Jovan Popovic takes us through determining whether we have enough memory on an Azure SQL Managed Instance: Managed Instance has memory that is proportional to the number of cores....
2019-05-14
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Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers