Big Data - Cost of acquiring skills
If your companies first foray into Big Data project starts with a big cheque then you are doing it wrong!
SQL Server 2014 Key Features and Enhancements
SQL Server 2014 comes with a set of enhancements as compared to its processors that brings a lot of business benefits to the applications in OLTP and OLAP environments. This articles highlights a few key enhancements that are built into the product.
SQL Server Reporting Services Embedding .NET Code for Report Formatting and Error Handling
I want to embed code into my SQL Server Reporting Servers (SSRS) to allow special formatting for report output. How do I implement and deploy this code and what functionality can use this embedded code?
Paging Doctor Powershell
Use Powershell to create a single script that checks over your server and every SQL instance on it to help pinpoint problems.
SQL Saturday #285 Atlanta
SQL Saturday will come to Atlanta on May 3, 2014. This is a free, full-day event of SQL Server training and networking. SQL Saturday #285 also has 3 (paid for) pre-con sessions available run by Kalen Delaney, Teo Lachev, and Denny Cherry. Make sure to register for SQL Saturday while spaces are available.
The DBA Detective: Disturbing Developments
Originally one of the articles in the first DBA Team series, Grant wonders what Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett would have done if asked to write technical articles for Simple-Talk. He came up with the DBA detective, hard-boiled Joe Dee Beay.
How to create an SSIS conditional data flow task
This article demonstrates how to selectively channel records from a flat-file data source to separate destination tables in an SSIS package using a combination of multicast, data-conversion and conditional-split data flow transformation elements within a data flow task.
If or When?
Are data breaches a question of if they will happen to you or when will they happen to you?
Managing SQL Server Services with PowerShell
PowerShell provides a command-line shell and scripting language (built in the .NET Framework) especially designed for administrative task automation and configuration management. Learn how to manage Windows services related to SQL Server, either on a local machine or remote machine, using PowerShell cmdlets.
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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