SQL backup directly to Azure storage
Most companies required to keep their database backup offsite (on tape) for many years due to audit requirement. This normally...
2015-03-12
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Dennis's SQL Blog
Future of Database Mirroring
One of the beloved feature of SQL server standard edition for HA is database mirroring, since you only have 2-node...
2015-03-12
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2015 - the year of upgrade
2015 should be a very busy year for most DBAs, due to the end of support of SQL server 2005...
2015-02-06
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Mentor blog
I have been following a few blogs for a number of years now, and one of the most enjoying blog...
2015-02-02
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Memory consideration (Windows + SQL)
We all know that with the latest Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2014, even with the standard edition, it can...
2014-11-14
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DR drill - Part 1: General
Every DBA in their career should have done DR drill at some point, in fact it should be done in...
2014-09-18
2,251 reads
SQL Server licensing consideration
You might already read lots of post about SQL server 2012 is license per core rather then per socket and...
2014-04-07
507 reads
AlwaysOn Availability Groups Setting
Many of us are planning to move to SQL Server 2012 in the coming year, and one of the feature...
2014-04-01
322 reads
Checking Backup/Restore progress
Every now and then we all need to perform backup or restore, for large databases when we need to perform...
2013-10-09
606 reads
Installing SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012
Everyone knows that installing SQL server requires .Net frameworks 3.5, and it normally install by default, when you run the...
2013-03-12
582 reads
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This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
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suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...