2009-09-04 (first published: 2009-08-31)
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Backup and restore
Validate SQL Server Backups Exist with Policy Based Management
I recently submitted a tip regarding the existence of your backup files using the undocumented system stored procedure xp_fileexist. But how would you go about executing that script against all your SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 instances? I took that script and decided to go one step further using Policy Based Management to create a custom policy that you can then run against all your SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 instances.
2009-08-25
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SQL Backup 6: Wind of Change
One could be forgiven for thinking that there's little more you can do with third-party backup software than just ...er... backup databases. Shawn McGehee gives us his personal take on the implications of the improvements that have been made to SQL Backup for version 6.
2009-08-19
2,436 reads
How SQL Server recovery models impact your SharePoint ...
SharePoint administrators can minimize data loss by selecting the appropriate SQL Server recovery model. But which model is right for your enterprise?
2009-08-17
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2009-08-12
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2009-08-06
3,710 reads
2009-08-05
3,629 reads
Script to check that backup files still exist for SQL Server
You have configured your database backup jobs without any problems. The backups themselves seem to be working, but are the files still where you think they are? How do you know they have not been moved, or worse, deleted to free up some space on your server? And when would you find out that the files were no longer there?
2009-08-03
2,892 reads
Backup Both Full and TLog Database Backup within a single Job
This script is basically used in SQL Server 2005/2008 as that version not having the option to perform the same activity in the single window.
2009-08-11 (first published: 2009-07-23)
1,618 reads
Restore Database from network location
When using GUI tools, it seems the DB cannot be restored from a network path. This is actually possible via the script.
2010-05-11 (first published: 2009-07-11)
3,135 reads
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The string_agg function
We create the following table and then insert some records in it:
create table t1 ( id int primary key, category char(1) not null, product varchar(50) ); insert into t1 values (1, 'A', 'Product 1'), (2, 'A', 'Product 2'), (3, 'A', 'Product 3'), (4, 'B', 'Product 4'), (5, 'B', 'Product 5');What happens if we execute the following query in both Sql Server and PostgreSQL?
select id,
category,
string_agg(product, ';')
over (partition by category order by id
rows between unbounded preceding and unbounded following) as stragg
from t1; See possible answers