Making Your Career Go Further
Steve Jones comments on a few things that can help you, and are worth keeping in mind as you interact with people.
2010-06-21
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Editorial
2010-06-18
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Selling Used Cars
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the value of experience.
2010-06-17
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Archive Backups
The need to archive data is becoming more and more important as data sizes grow. However when you choose to archive data, you might need to reconsider how your DR plan is structured.
2010-06-16
248 reads
Google FUD
A recent headline that Google is dumping Windows because of security issues sounds like FUD to Steve Jones.
2010-06-15
231 reads
A new IDE for SQL Server?
Microsoft have been cooking up something for Database Developers in Visual Studio 2010, and Phil Factor has decided it's high time he looked into it. It's not as odd as it sounds, and is actually rather promising, as Phil discovers.
2010-06-14
373 reads
Finding the Context
Will computers become better at finding context in situations and environments? Steve Jones comments.
2010-06-14
88 reads
Bad Database Design
A guest editorial from Andy Warren looks at a bad database design he recently ran across.
2010-06-11
1,298 reads
Is the MVP Worth It?
The MVP award is coveted by many people and there are constant questions about how to get it. Is it worth it? Steve Jones talks about that today.
2010-06-09
306 reads
2010-06-08
89 reads
Blogs
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers