2010-12-24
102 reads
Editorials
Call in the Experts
Today we have an editorial from Feb 1, 2006 that is being reprinted as Steve Jones is on vacation. Steve talks about the need to call in a friend to check on the performance of the SQLServerCentral servers.
2010-12-23
93 reads
Calling Out Bad Advice
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that asks how we should handle bad advice given on the Internet.
2010-12-22
544 reads
64 bit
Today we have a guest editorial from November 26, 2005. Steve Jones talks about the transition to 64 bit architectures.
2010-12-21
174 reads
The Institute for Backup Trauma
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 27, 2005. Steve Jones is on vacation, so we are reprinting this look at backup strategies and media.
2010-12-20
226 reads
The Twelve Days of SQL
As we approach the holidays, Steve Jones talks about the latest blog theme, and how nice it is to see these types of things from the community.
2010-12-20
177 reads
Under Appreciated Features
This Friday we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks about those features in SQL Serve that you find very useful, but perhaps aren't as well known.
2010-12-17
595 reads
Hyper-V Guests
To what extent should a hypervisor company support other software? Will this have implications for cloud computing, or services used in software? Steve Jones comments.
2010-12-16
78 reads
We Are Not a Meritocracy
Today Steve Jones reminds us that talent and technical skills are not necessarily enough to advance your career and that you ought to remember to work on other types of skills that you may want to improve.
2010-12-15
216 reads
The Low End
Today Steve Jones talks about those products we consider "low-end." Products like Access or VB. Are they a problem for us?
2010-12-14
177 reads
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