Database Mirroring is Back in Azure SQL Database
Database Mirroring comes back to SQL, at least to Azure SQL Database with Fabric as the destination. Read a few of Steve's thoughts on this feature.
2024-03-30
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Database Mirroring
SQL Server Database Mirroring Inventory
In this article we look at a PowerShell script that can quickly retrieve information about all databases from all servers that are configured to use database mirroring.
2021-07-19
2017-06-26
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Create EndPoint
Server principal 'xx\yy' has granted one or more permission(s). Revoke the permission(s) before dropping the server principal. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15173). If you are gett
2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-16)
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Change operating modes for SQL Server Database Mirroring
SQL Server Database Mirroring offers two methods for exchanging data: synchronously and asynchronously. Sometimes there may be a need to switch between modes for an existing mirror and in this tip we will look at how this can be done.
2015-08-03
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2015-07-15
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Is Database Mirroring Causing The Transaction Log To Fill Up
In this article, I describe some steps a DBA can take to check for mirroring on SQL Server, give a status of the mirroring state and some options for resolving any problems with the transaction log that might be caused by Database Mirroring.
2014-11-06
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2011-09-21
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2011-09-09
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ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers