Elements of the SQL Server Update Statement
Learn how to use the UPDATE statement, along with a few things to be aware of when changing data.
2025-04-11
1,645 reads
Kenneth Igiri
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Configuring Maintenance Plans in SQL Server
See a walkthrough of setting up a maintenance plan in SQL Server.
2025-02-21
3,348 reads
Azure Data Studio - A First Look
See a first look at Azure Data Studio from Kenneth Igiri and read about his impressions.
2023-11-13
4,108 reads
Creating an Azure SQL Database Using Azure Cloud Shell
This article will show how to use the Azure Cloud Shell and PowerShell to set up a new Azure SQL Database.
2023-07-07
1,295 reads
Data Oriented Cloud Security Mechanisms
This article looks at security mechanisms in the cloud that can help protect your data, with specific examples in AWS.
2023-04-14
1,406 reads
Basic Checks on a New AWS RDS SQL Server
When you first become responsible for a new RDS instance, what do you do? Kenneth Igiri gives you a few queries to get you started.
2022-12-14 (first published: 2022-11-30)
884 reads
Amazon EC2 | Creating a Connection to an Amazon RDS Instance
In a previous article, we showed how to expose an Amazon RDS instance to the public internet securely for direct access to the database. In this article we shall configure an Amazon EC2 instance for network access to an existing Amazon RDS instance. The purpose of this would be to make sure that if we deploy an application to this EC2 instance, communication from the client to the RDS instance would be smooth.
2022-12-05
2,345 reads
Basic Checks on a New AWS RDS SQL Server
When you first become responsible for a new RDS instance, what do you do? Kenneth Igiri gives you a few queries to get you started.
2022-11-30
3,182 reads
Amazon RDS - Configuring a Connection to a SQL Server Instance
In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-21)
425 reads
Amazon RDS - Configuring a Connection to a SQL Server Instance
In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-21
3,078 reads
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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