April 2013 Events
April is going to be a fantastic month! I am slated to have quite a few speaking and training opportunities...
2013-03-22
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April is going to be a fantastic month! I am slated to have quite a few speaking and training opportunities...
2013-03-22
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Today I had the pleasure of speaking at the inaugural SQL Saturday event in Detroit, MI. I spoke on one of my...
2013-03-16
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A few weeks ago (or longer, I’m behind on email again) Nate Palm (LinkedIn) messaged me after the most recent...
2013-03-13 (first published: 2013-03-11)
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Ahhh – Motor City. What a fun place to start my 2013 SQL Saturday rounds! Detroit, here I come! You all...
2013-03-07
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I received my long-awaited Microsoft Surface Pro 128GB yesterday! The first thing I did was to promptly install SQL Server...
2013-03-05
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If you get some time, head on out to IT Central Station.com. You can provide some valuable feedback on the...
2013-02-28
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To all of the wonderful attendees to both the VMware Partner Exchange SQL Server on VMware VBCA boot camp on...
2013-02-27
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I just read a great article on NetworkWorld that demonstrates that Microsoft’s Azure outperforms most tests against Amazon’s AWS. That’s great...
2013-02-22
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VM snapshots are the best individualization feature since sliced vBread (yeah, I’m a geek). But…have you ever had a VMware snapshot grow...
2013-02-19
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I had a great time in delivering the SQL PASS Virtualization virtual chapter session today on ‘Squeezing the most performance...
2013-02-13
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By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more...
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers