Awarded – Microsoft Community Contributor Award 2012
Today, I’ve received an email from Microsoft stating that I’ve been awarded Microsoft Community Contributor. This is the first time...
2012-10-18
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Basit Aalishan Masood-Al-Farooq
How to secure SQL Server?
Databases are an important reservoir of sensitive information, and that is why it is important for us as a DBA...
2012-10-15
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Using SQL Server 2012 FileTables
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
SQL Server 2012 allows you to store file/directories in a special table called FileTable that...
2012-10-15
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Understanding DBCC CHECKDB, to deal with corrupt database
Database files are volatile, constantly being changed and updated, so that, like any other volatile files in the system, there...
2012-10-08
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2012-10-07
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Rebuild indexes based on fragmentation - sp_RebuildIndex
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
In my previous post here, I’ve discussed how we can detect fragmentation in SQL Server...
2012-10-07
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DML Triggers to track SQL Server Agent Jobs creation, deletion and modification events
SQL Server Agent jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment, as they are used for scheduling and performing critical...
2012-10-01
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Transact-SQL analytic functions in SQL Server can help solve problems quickly
Like other mainstream commercial database systems, SQL Server supports analytic functions in Transact-SQL to depict complex analytical tasks. With the...
2012-09-21
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Database Recovery Advisor feature of SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces Database Recovery Advisor that provides significant user experience improvements to the ways DBAs can restore databases...
2012-09-19
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Logon Triggers: SQL Server
As the name implies, logon triggers fire in response to the logon event that is raised when a user sessions...
2012-09-17
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Blogs
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
Deployment Pipelines in Fabric – What Are They?
By HeyMo0sh
In the realm of software development and content creation, the deployment pipeline serves as...
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A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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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