SQL Server Transactions and Locking (Part 1)
In many situations, data modification requires several steps. For example, you may need to change the values ??in two separate...
2013-05-22
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Designing and Implementing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Architecture (Part 1)
The well-designed online analytical processing (OLAP) solution is fundamental to organizations analysis capabilities. That is why, when designing the OLAP...
2013-05-22
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SQL Server index related dynamic management views and functions (Part 3)
With the release of SQL Server 2005 and later releases, Microsoft introduced set of new dynamic management view and function...
2013-05-22
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2012 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2008 R2 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Builds (Last Updated May 20, 2013)
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2008 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2005 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 2000 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Builds
The following table lists all builds of SQL Server 7.0 known hotfixes, service packs and KB articles that have been...
2013-05-08
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Find Duplicate Indexes on SQL Server (Script)
Like other mainstream commercial database systems, Microsoft SQL Server allows you to create multiple indexes on the same column of...
2013-05-07
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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