Where’s My Backup? SQL Server Backup Issues
You can cause yourself problems if you don’t know where your backups are stored, and how they are being made....
2012-02-21
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Blog Posts
A Script A Day - Day 11 - User Permissions By Database
Today's script will return you permissions granted to a user for every online database. The script uses EXECUTE AS so...
2012-02-20
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A Script A Day - Day 12 - Granting Role Membership to All Principals
Today's script will grant membership in the db_owner fixed database role in all online read/writable user databases to all principals not...
2012-02-20
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Essential Trace Flags for Recovery & Debugging
The following trace flags are essential for a variety of recovery scenarios. The use of trace flags allow the DBA...
2012-02-20
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Reconciling SPNs
As part of troubleshooting Kerberos authentication for SQL Server I had to verify SPNs so I thought I’d blog about...
2012-02-20
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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas...
2012-02-20
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Sorry...
I've been offline for a week to take some annual leave and recharge my batteries. To make up for the...
2012-02-20
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Speaking at PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on February 22nd, 2012. I will be delivering my presentation on...
2012-02-20
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SQL Rally: Don't Vote for my Sessions
So I found out on Friday that I am going to be a speaker at the Dallas SQL Rally, which...
2012-02-20
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SQL Rally: Don’t Vote for My Sessions
So I found out on Friday that I am going to be a speaker at the Dallas SQL Rally, which...
2012-02-20
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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