Preparing for PASS Summit - Networking and Events
This is my second post in a series which I hope will help you (and me!) prepare for the upcoming PASS Summit November 4-8, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Networking, Networking!...
2019-10-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #119 - Changing Your Mind
For T-SQL Tuesday this month, Alex Yates (blog | twitter) gives us this challenge:
I would like you to write about something in your IT career that you have changed...
2019-10-08
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Preparing for PASS Summit 2019 - Logistics & Survival
It’s time once again to prepare ourselves for the endurance test that is PASS Summit, November 5-8. I’ve participated in the Summit Buddies program the past two years, but...
2019-10-07
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The "Go Pack"
I’ve found myself traveling quite a bit this year, with more travel on the horizon. Like many, I travel with a fair bit of technology and of course that...
2019-09-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #118 – Your Fantasy SQL Feature
It’s early September, which means it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday! This month’s topic comes from Kevin Chant (blog | twitter). Our mission, should we choose to accept it (click...
2019-09-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #118 – Your Fantasy SQL Feature
It’s early September, which means it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday! This month’s topic comes from Kevin Chant (blog | twitter). Our mission, should we choose to accept it (click...
2019-09-10
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for more.
What does your average day look like?
I’m going to punt to my “A...
2019-09-06
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for more. There we go! Thank you Jon for sending in your questions. This...
2019-09-06
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a series. Please see Part 1 for the background and more. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion in Part 3, coming soon!
The post Q&A:...
2019-09-05
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Q&A: Dealing with Thousands of Databases (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a series. Please see [Part 1]/2019/09/03/qa-dealing-with-thousands-of-databases/) for the background and more.
What is the most unexpected experience you’ve had in this position?
I have two answers...
2019-09-05
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Blogs
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 2: Generative AI, Multimodal Systems, and Agent AI
By Vinay Thakur
continuing from Day 1 where we covered the history of AI and GPT family,...
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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