2017-08-21
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Editorial
2017-08-18
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2017-08-16
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The art of getting it right
Phil Factor advocates paying attention when it doesn't matter to prepare for when it does.
2017-08-14
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2022-08-10 (first published: 2017-08-09)
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2022-08-26 (first published: 2017-08-08)
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To-do list: good, bad or indifferent?
Using a list to keep track of what you should work on is only as good as the plan or goal behind it.
2021-10-15 (first published: 2017-08-07)
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The Tethered Goat
Phil Factor's a 'tethered goat' database taught in the value of database intrusion detection and of "defense in depth".
2017-08-07
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Learning through Puzzles
Different people respond to different types of learning techniques. Maybe a puzzle is the way that you learn.
2022-08-29 (first published: 2017-08-04)
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The Second Best Job
Redgate is hiring someone to manage Simple Talk, a job just like the one Steve has with SQLServerCentral.
2017-08-03
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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