2013-12-06 (first published: 2008-10-16)
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Administration
2009-04-17 (first published: 2008-10-15)
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Can you shrink your SQL Server database to death?
To increase SQL Server disk space, 'shrink the database' task is used. But the tests in this tip using autogrowth prove that 'shrink database' poorly impacts SQL performance.
2008-10-14
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Managing SQL Server Database and Application Metadata
Unless you are the Database Administrator or the Application Analyst for a particular database you are usually oblivious to the naming conventions of the databases that support the applications you rely upon daily. This is why it is important to have the metadata repository in place to provide that translation when the need arises.
2008-09-11
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Automatically Running Stored Procedures at SQL Server Startup
I have a stored procedure I want to run when SQL Server starts. Is there a way to execute this procedure automatically each time the SQL Server service is started?
2008-09-11
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Terminate User processes in SQL Server
This article illustrates how to create a simple procedure to kill many sessions at the same time, kill a range of sessions and kill all of the sessions connecting to a database.
2008-09-10
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Renaming a Database
Expert trainer and longtime DBA, Andy Warren, tackles the rather simple, but often understood, process of renaming a database. Learn about some of the issues you might encounter when trying to complete this task.
2008-09-02
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Importance of the Resource Database
This article describes the importance of the Resource database in SQL Server 2005 & 2008
2008-08-29
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2008-08-28
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2008-08-27
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Blogs
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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