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There are multiple reasons for no full backup: corrupted backups, taking too much time to restore, etc. In this post, I want to show an alternative for these cases, an ace up one’s sleeve, that you can use to recover data.
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Deleting a Database
Who among us hasn't deleted a production data file? Steve hopes most of us have not.
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T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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