Backup Master Database
The story came from a question someone asked me.
Does Master database support full recovery mode?
As I remembered, by default,...
2012-07-07
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New in SQL 2012 (1)
Learning new is a interesting thing. Today I read several posts regarding the SQL Server 2012 new feature:
1. Indirect Checkpoint
Prior to...
2012-07-01
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Several useful T-SQL Function
1. Using the OVER clause with aggregate functions
The following sample is from BOL:
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USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
GO
SELECT SalesOrderID, ProductID, OrderQty
,SUM(OrderQty) OVER(PARTITION BY...
2012-06-30
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Rebuild index with "Alter Index Rebuild" or "DBCC DBREINDEX"
You can rebuild all index for a table with "Alter Index Rebuild" and "DBCC DBREINDEX" .
First, in BOL, for "DBCC...
2012-06-27 (first published: 2012-06-23)
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Shrink transaction log file
Sometimes the shrink transaction log file doesn't work.
Before we troubleshoot it, we need to know how the log file works:
Transaction...
2012-06-17
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Max Server Memory
Sakthivel Chidambaram recently created a calculator which can find out the max server memory value based on the input.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlsakthi/archive/2012/05/19/cool-now-we-have-a-calculator-for-finding-out-a-max-server-memory-value.aspx
you can...
2012-06-02
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Setup windows firewall for SQL Server
On Windows 2008 R2, the windows firewall will turn on by default which causes connection issure for the remote client, here...
2012-06-01
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Backup duration statistics
Here is a simple query which can list backup duration statistics for all database, including the max, min, avg of...
2012-05-25
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Use Powershell script to verify backup files
Before restoring backup, we always verify the backup file first, and run the 3 command below:
1. RESTORE HEADERONLY
Returns a result...
2012-05-17 (first published: 2012-05-12)
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Ad hoc query optimization in SQL Server
When ad hoc queries are executed in sql server, if it is executed without parameters, and it is simple, SQL...
2012-05-15
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers