Overview of File-group(s) and Piecemeal database restore operations in SQL Server
So far, we discussed many de-facto details about SQL Server database backup and restore. In this 15th article of the series,...
2018-06-22
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Overview of SQL Server 2017 Docker containers on Linux machine
SQL Server 2017 is the biggest release and most important releases in the Microsoft product history simply because of the...
2018-06-20
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SQL Server -Database Backup Report using PowerShell and T-SQL
In the previous articles, we discussed several ways of taking backup and testing the restore process to ensure the integrity...
2018-06-14
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Getting Started with Mssql-cli tool
A recent announcement on the release of several SQL Server tools has raised expectations across various groups. Product requirements and business...
2018-06-12
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SQL Database Corruption: Causes, Prevention, Fixing Techniques
“I had a Database File and I want to attach this MDF file to SQL Server 2014. However, whenever I...
2018-06-05
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Backup and Restore Automation using SQLCMD and SQL Server agent
Database administrators are often requested to refresh a database, mostly to create a live copy of the production database to...
2018-05-30
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SQL Server: Backup and Restore operations using Cloud
This article discusses the concept of SQL Server backup and the various components required to use the Microsoft Azure Blob...
2018-05-29
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Backup Linux/windows SQL Server databases using PowerShell and Windows task scheduler
This article is an in-depth guide on how PowerShell can be used to maintain and manage SQL backup on Linux...
2018-05-31 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Data Recovery : Page level restore in SQL Server
In this article, we shall discuss the importance of understanding the internals of the page restoration for a database administrator. Most...
2018-05-18
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Discuss smart database backup in SQL Server 2017
So far, we’ve discussed several phases of backup that starts with planning, creating, strategizing and implementing. In this article, we...
2018-05-15
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers