Cloudy Days Ahead
Microsoft is investing heavily in cloud computing with several online services available
under the Azure Platform.
SQL Azure
The SQL Azure cloud...
2010-11-13
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SQL Server BI Blog
PASS 2010 Summit Announcements and New SQL Server Developments
To say that this was a very full conference would be an understatement. The
SQL Server platform has grown to be...
2010-11-13
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Join us at PASS 2010!
Please join as at the 2010 global summit for the Professional Association for SQL
Server in Seattle. The conference is the...
2010-10-13
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Product Review: SnagIt 10
Screen captures have become part of our computer culture… “I’ll send you a screen
shot of the window so you can...
2010-09-02
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Testing for NULLS in a Dataset Filter
Some seemingly simple filtering logic can be more difficult to achieve when using
a dataset filter rather than the WHERE clause...
2010-08-30
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Project Phoenix: a Chance to Support the Community and Build a Career
Do you know someone with an IT background who could use a break, is passionate about
technology and wants to make...
2010-08-04
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2010 Microsoft BI Conference: Directions in Microsoft BI
The combined Microsoft BI Conference and TechEd in New Orleans last week was a great
experience. The shear magnitude of the...
2010-06-21
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BI Conference Grocery Shopping Demo
Help enter demonstration data for the Microsoft BI Conference.
Go to the shopping
demo web form and enter some transactions.
No...
2010-05-27
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Portland SQL Saturday / Code Camp 2010
Today was the Portland SQL Saturday and Code Camp at the University of Portland and
it was a great experience. I...
2010-05-23
424 reads
Presenting at 2010 European PASS – Sort Of
I was so looking forward to the trip to Germany to speak at the European PASS Summit
on April 22nd. Two...
2010-04-23
422 reads
Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Question of the Day
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