How to Generate a Restore Script
There are multiple ways to accomplish a database restore. But if you wanted to restore a database from a script how might you accomplish that task quickly and accurately?
2017-07-06
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Restore
2017-06-05 (first published: 2016-08-15)
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Backup Strategy in Azure SQL?
Everybody says that the backup process in Azure SQL is very easy. Is that true? In this new article, we will show how to do it.
2016-08-08
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Part 2 -- Restore a database to another instance...
This script should be created in the source instance of the database to be backed up and then restored in conjunction with that on the destination in Step 1.
2016-03-15 (first published: 2016-02-25)
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Restore Redgate Transaction logs files via SQL
The script will restore the all the transaction logs files generated by Red Gate after extracting into .trn files.
2016-02-16 (first published: 2016-02-02)
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2015-12-03
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2015-03-10 (first published: 2015-02-16)
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Scrubbing Personally Identifiable Information
Managing personally identifiable information when moving databases to unsecure environment can be challenging. With this flexible and extendable solution for scrubbing it, you can save yourself some time and effort.
2017-01-13 (first published: 2015-01-06)
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Automatic restore database to different server from backup file
if you get bunch of back up files ( full backup and transaction log backup, you need restore those database to different server, you can use my stored procedure to genereate the restore command
2016-11-10 (first published: 2014-12-17)
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Restore Gene : Automating SQL Server Database Restores
Restore Gene is a simple 2-script framework, one PowerShell script and one SQL stored procedure, which will speed up the production of restore scripts for manual disaster recovery, as well help automate log shipping.
2014-08-14
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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