Checking Out SQL Vulnerability Assessment
Apparently there is a new tool from Microsoft where you can discover, track, and remediate potential database vulnerabilities. This tool...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-28)
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All About SQL
Azure SQL Database Active Geo Replication Changes
Six months ago how you would go about setting up Active geo replication for your SQL Databases would be different...
2017-09-25
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SQL Server Tracking Suspect Pages
Did you know that SQL Server tracks suspect pages and puts the details into the msdb database in a table...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-19)
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SQL Server Schema Compare
A very common requirement which can be satisfied by various tools. Personally I like using Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition...
2017-09-18
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Azure SQL Database Resumable Online Index Rebuild
If you know me by now I like rebuilding indexes and that is no different in Azure. Now we have...
2017-09-14
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DBCC CHECKDB Azure SQL Database
Who should be running DBCC CHECKDB for Azure SQL Database? Should it be Microsoft or should customers be scheduling it?...
2017-09-04
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SSMS and MFA support for Azure SQL DB
Quite a mouth full for a title but never the less very exciting. With the new version of SQL Server...
2017-08-30
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[Video] SQL Server Deadlocks
SQL Server Deadlocks – Also known as “The deadly Embrace” occurs when there are 2 processes and neither can advance and...
2017-09-08 (first published: 2017-08-24)
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Azure SQL Database – Scaling up
Scaling up and down your SQL Database is something that is quite common to do. I want to discuss the...
2017-09-01 (first published: 2017-08-23)
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Azure Automation and SQL Index Maintenance
Azure does a lot for your SQL Database, from backups to automatic tuning but it still doesn’t have an index...
2017-08-21
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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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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