SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, Some Options
Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...
OldSQL
Support for SQL Server 2005 expires in April. Should you care? Steve Jones thinks it might not be a big deal for many people.
February 2011 Version of SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Wow, it is already February 2011, so here are the February 2011 versions of the SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information...
From Zero to SSIS in 5 Days
Learn Integration Services from SSIS expert and MVP, Andy Leonard in March. This 5 day class will be held on Mar 21-25, 2011 in Farmville, Virginia.
SQL Azure - Creating backups and copies of your databases
As a DBA you always followed a practice to back up your database (or take a snapshot of your database) before making any changes so that you can revert to your old database state if something goes wrong. Also to setup a development or test environment you use a backup of your database and restore it in the respective environment. If you are moving to SQL Azure, what would you do in these cases as backup / restore and database snapshots are not supported as of now?
Calling SQL Server With A BlackBerry Phone
An interesting tutorial for linking SQL Server to a Blackberry device and viewing images.
Stairway to SQL Server Reporting Services
A series from MVP Jessica Moss designed to help you understand Reporting Services and begin building reports.
You Should Know
Are there things you should know? It seems that we quite often find that others in our profession don't understand the simple things we assume they do. Steve Jones talks about one item in particular: staging servers.
Five DMV Queries That Will Make You a Superhero in 2011!
Way back in January, 2008, I wrote a blog post called “Five DMV Queries That Will Make You A Superhero!”...
SEQUENCE in SQL Server 2011
SEQUENCE is a core new feature of SQL Server 2011 (Denali). It is a more performant, flexible alternative to the INDENTITY attribute. This article introduces sequence and demonstrates how to use it and its performance advantage.
Blogs
From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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SQL Art 2: St Patrick’s Day in SSMS (Shamrock + Pint + Pixel Text)
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Breaking Down Your Work
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers