ALTER AUTHORIZATION sql to change owner of a database
ALTER AUTHORIZATION changes the ownership of entities . Server level entity ownership can be changed to server- level principals. Database level...
2011-09-27
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- Interests: Performance Tuning Database Servers, Running and Coffee
Performance Monitor Counters for SQL Server performance testing
I posted “Window Perfmon scripting, SQL Server perfmon and how to perfmon” which refers to a performance monitor counters.
The perfmon counters...
2011-09-23
3,430 reads
SSIS version in SQL Server
Integration Services is the management interface for SSIS packages. SQL Server uses the “MsDtsSrvr.exe” for executing packages
To highlight the point,...
2011-09-22
1,067 reads
Migrating to SQL Server from another Database platform
Migrating to SQL Server from another Database platform has a number of considerations
1) Create an inventory of existing applications. Separate into...
2011-09-20
1,159 reads
Import Data from AS400 to SQL Server
The process to import data from AS400 uses a SQL Server Linked server. The Linked Server points to an ODBC...
2011-09-16
17,089 reads
Powershell , Excel charts and data presentation
The topic for T-SQL Tuesday is Data Presentation. Powershell to Excel is a a good way to presenting data, and...
2011-09-13
3,287 reads
SQL Server Quiz – the last time a stored procedure was executed
A developer rushes up to you and asks "can you tell me the last time this stored procedure was executed?"....
2011-09-13
1,148 reads
TPC-H generate test data , test queries and sql database benchmark
This is a followup on my earlier post ofSQL Server test data generation testing tools.
I had some requests for my...
2011-09-08
5,650 reads
Database Cost Savings
I watched a video recently by Forester Research , discussing Database Cost Savings. The video was intended for IT decision makers,...
2011-09-05
887 reads
Server sudden shutdown unavailable
It’s not always straightforward to diagnose a server problem. You look through the SQL Server Logs and Event Viewer for...
2011-09-03
1,045 reads
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...
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,...
A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
By Steve Jones
It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where...
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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...
Question of the Day
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