Create Database Snapshot Dynamically
Dynamic SQL can be used to generate a database snapshot. Useful for a database with a number of files.
2018-08-23 (first published: 2016-11-04)
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Automated Rapid Recovery during Database Code Releases using Snapshots
Leveraging snapshots across multiple databases simultaneously to allow for quick rollback in case of a problem deploying code
2015-12-08
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2014-03-20
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2016-04-12 (first published: 2014-03-12)
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Successfully execute an INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE against a Database Snapshot
Not too long ago an ISV that developed solutions using SQL Server as the RDBMS, asked me how they could query a database as at a point in time. This was a relatively easy answer, thanks to the Database Snapshot feature. I was however surprised at the next question “Can we update the database snapshot?”
2011-12-21
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2009-07-27
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Getting the Indexed Columns
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