NewSQL Can Save the World
A new breed of products use the relational model and address the scalability concerns of many RDBMSes. Today Steve Jones talks about NewSQL databases.
2011-07-26
223 reads
Editorials
Patches for SQL 10 and Techniques for SQL 11
Steve rounds up the patch news for SQL Server this week along with a look forward to the next version of the platform.
2011-07-25
123 reads
Be Reasonable
Be reasonable. That's how Steve Jones thinks managers ought to behave towards their employees.
2011-07-21
158 reads
I Want Stupid Employees
Why don't employers want to fund training? Steve Jones has a few thoughts after a great piece that shows the lack of wisdom in withholding training.
2011-07-20
320 reads
Fitting In
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about fitting in at work and conforming to the expectations of the group and that environment.
2011-07-19
226 reads
Being an extremely productive DBA
In order to gain better support for learning and training opportunities, the DBA needs to prove a direct link to productivity and results, in words and numbers the CEO will understand.
2011-07-18
266 reads
How Many Times Will This Happen?
This editorial was originally published on Jun 6, 2006. Steve is traveling in the UK this week and we are reprinting a few pieces. Today Steve talks about encryption on laptops.
2011-07-18
110 reads
Outsourced = Laid Off?
This editorial was originally published on May 3, 2006. Steve is traveling in the UK this week and we are reprinting older pieces. This one looks at offshoring.
2011-07-15
200 reads
DRI or No DRI?
This editorial was originally published on Feb 19, 2006. We are reprinting pieces this week as Steve is traveling in the UK.
2011-07-14
138 reads
Here's a Reason to Document
This editorial was originally published on Feb 17, 2006. Steve is traveling in the UK this week and we are re-printing some old pieces. This one talks about a search engine for code.
2011-07-13
112 reads
Blogs
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Forums
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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