Trace Flag 3226 - Suppress all successful backups in SQL server error log
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2016-01-13 (first published: 2016-01-08)
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In-Memory OLTP in SQL 2016
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DR drill - Part 2: Log Shipping
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Automatic database restore
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Mentoring starts
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Script Corner - Date format
Every now and then we will need to convert datetime to string for display, and would you remember all the...
2015-04-16
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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