How to Find Unused Databases in SQL Server
In this article we look at how to identify if SQL Server databases are not being used and a process to take these unused databases offline.
Live On Stage AND On Your Screen
I've just finished up teaching at an in-person event, the first in fifteen months. It was the SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference (formerly known as SQLIntersection). The event organizers did a great job making it into a hybrid event, where we presented both in-person and virtually, so that people could choose if they wanted […]
Creating a Robust SSIS Development Environment using the SSIS Catalog
Discover how to integrate features of Visual Studio and the SSIS Catalog for an efficient development and deployment environment.
Simple Talk Storage 101 by Robert Sheldon
The only way to derive meaning from the massive amounts of data collected today is to develop innovative high-performing, high-capacity storage solutions. In this book, Robert Sheldon explains the many types of storage currently available and what's on the way.
The four best features to look out for in SQL Monitor
In this blog, David Yard at Kingston Technology shares his favorite SQL Monitor features and how they’re helping him to make sure their large SQL Server estate performs at its best.
SQL Server Resource Governor Game
Learn about the SQL Server Resource Governor and how it can be used to manage your SQL Server workloads via this game format that can help your team gain better insights.
The changing landscape of continuous database integration
Considering introducing continuous database integration? Learn the principles in this ThoughtWorks webinar hosted by Pramod Sadalage, expert in this discipline and author of several books about database refactoring and development.
Finding the Optimal Value of Hyperparameters through Grid Search
Summary This article aims at demystifying what grid search is and how we can use to obtain optimal values of our model parameters. It would be highly beneficial for the reader if the prequels to this article are read to gain a holistic understanding of the various techniques that can be used in optimizing the […]
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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