Normal Data
More and more people are starting to perform data analysis, including DBAs, but they should be aware of what normal means for data.
2018-10-10 (first published: 2015-01-28)
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Editorials
Single Source of Truth
Andy Warren talks about the single source of truth for information. It could be the database, but that's not always the best choice.
2018-10-09
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Remember the Simple Things
Steve has a troubleshooting experience that reminds him of a lesson he should have learned.
2018-10-08
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What Should You Look for in a SQL Monitoring Tool?
Performance is a common reason to monitor SQL Server. The work day of a database administrator is often interrupted with unexpected calls about slowness in applications or reports. But, how does the performance today compare to the performance last week or last month? Can the root cause of the issue be traced to the database […]
2018-10-08
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The Single Pane of Glass
The idea of a single place to get the status of your environment is an interesting one.
2018-10-05
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2018-10-04
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2018-10-03
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Are Indexes Actually Changes to the System?
Is an index change equivalent to a code change? Steve Jones asks the question and has a few thoughts.
2018-10-02
175 reads
Give Up on Natural Primary Keys
With the need to remove older data, Steve thinks natural keys may be obsolete.
2018-10-01
219 reads
The Ever Expanding Data Platform
With lots of news coming out of Ignite, Steve talks about a few of the changes.
2018-10-01
49 reads
Blogs
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
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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