Your mission, if you chose to accept it, was to share a single tip/hint/fact/something that you wish you’d known about PostgreSQL when you were just getting started learning it....
2023-03-17 (first published: 2023-03-06)
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Did you know that you can restore AWS RDS databases to a SQL Server 2022 instance running locally using native backup and restore? Well you can. Let’s talk about...
2023-03-13
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I honestly enjoy writing editorials. Something pops into my tiny brain next to something else, and I'm off. However, today, as I started to write on the topic of learning, I suddenly felt like I had just written this same editorial. I go and look, sure enough, several of my recent editorials have been on […]
2023-03-12 (first published: 2023-03-11)
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Last week I posted the results from using Extended Events to snoop on what happens inside an AWS RDS database. This week, I’m taking a look at what happens...
2023-03-06 (first published: 2023-02-27)
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Well, for those who don’t know me, I’m just barely started on my PostgreSQL journey. So, what the heck can I contribute to this conversation? Not much, but I...
2023-03-03
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I will not even attempt to hide it, I’m very much in the learning phase of my PostgreSQL journey. As such, I’m constantly picking up new facts. However, I’m...
2023-02-24
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Microsoft supplies quite a few knobs to control how Query Store performs data cleanup. You can set your cleanup various ways, and, they interact. Let’s talk about how and...
2023-02-22 (first published: 2023-02-06)
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I was talking with some developers from my team about monitoring, and I said, “We all use the same tools,” referring to other monitoring software. Then, it hit me....
2023-02-21
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The question came up that someone wanted to monitor the queries impacting tempdb using Extended Events. Initially, I was pretty sure that there was no real way to do...
2023-02-13
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Yesterday, I had the opportunity, and the privilege, to attend an all-day workshop put on by Bob Ward teaching all about SQL Server 2022 (you can take this too, Bob is presenting it at SQLSaturday Austin and SQL Bits, and there will be more). It was a great day. Bob is an excellent teacher. Even […]
2023-02-11
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In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It...
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more...
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
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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