Forum Post: RE: How to recover or restore corrupted MDF file ?
Easiest way to recover for SQL database, you can use SQL Database Repair software which can easily repairs corrupt MDF file of SQL Server database. And that software also recover tables, triggers,...
View ArticleBlog Post: DR Planning in Azure Requires More Than Replicating VMs to Another...
While flipping through the Microsoft Azure website recently I ran across this page which talks about HA/DR configurations for SQL Server VMs. Seeing this I figured they’d be talking about AlwaysOn...
View ArticleBlog Post: DBA Myths: Database file extentions
Every now and again I hear or read that the only file extensions for a SQL Server database are mdf, ndf and ldf. Not true I’m afraid. And I truly wish it was. The file extensions can be whatever you...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Nexus Call for speakers is live
Nexus noun – “That which unites or binds” After several months of work with a team of great people and companies: -Kenneth M. Nielsen ( b | t ) -Mark Broadbent ( b | t ) – ASAP design – Funky.biz –...
View ArticleBlog Post: Conversor de RPT para CSV
Mais um para a minha lista de programas inúteis,,, Esse programa é um command line que vai converter o arquivo de saída do SSMS quando você escolhe ter o resultado em arquivo (.RPT) para arquivo...
View ArticleBlog Post: The Text.Format() Function In Power BI/Power Query M
New functions are appearing in M all the time, many with no announcement or documentation. I came across Text.Format() the other day and I thought it was worth blogging about because I can see a lot of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Announcing Internals for Query Tuning Training Class By Kalen Delaney
We at Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting are thrilled to announce that we have partnered up with the SQL Server internals guru Kalen Delaney to deliver training classes. Our first class will be...
View ArticleBlog Post: Dropping Multiple Databases At Once
I’m already at peace with the fact that I’ll never know all of SQL Server’s secrets, but that doesn’t stop me from being surprised every time I figure out something new. In this case, it’s another...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL 2016 and R – Working Directory
It’s been a busy short week, with the Thanksgiving holiday, putting up Christmas decorations, and the time consuming task I like to call my job. But I did start to play with the rlauncher config file....
View ArticleBlog Post: #0364 – SQL Server – Using Primary Key, Check and other...
As database systems and their interactions and interfaces with systems become more complex, a large amount of complex data is exchanged through the system boundaries. Table Valued parameters are...
View ArticleBlog Post: Powerful SQL Queries for SQL Server
New Year, new powerful SQL queries! Start the New Year off with some great Transact-SQL training and join me for Learning Tree's Powerful SQL Queries for SQL Server one day online training course...
View ArticleBlog Post: Just how bad is the new Windows 2016 pricing?
You probably saw the new Windows Server 2016 Pricing FAQ that came out last week. If not, you should go head through it. It’s OK, I’ll wait. … So, now that you’ve read it you’re probably all worried...
View ArticleBlog Post: Speaking at SQL Saturday Slovenia #460
This Saturday, I will be back in wonderful Ljubljana to present a session about a new feature from SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database : Always encrypted. It is the first time I am doing this...
View ArticleBlog Post: Monday Morning SQL Break – December 7, 2015
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). This is a good chance to catch up on data platform...
View ArticleBlog Post: Working With Compression In Power Query And Power BI Desktop
If you’re reading this post there’s one important question you’ll probably want to ask: is it possible to extract data from a zip file in Power Query/Power BI? The answer is, unfortunately, no (at...
View ArticleBlog Post: Apathy – A quick path to the naughty list.
It’s the Christmas season! And it’s T-SQL Tuesday! And Bradley Ball ( b / t ), SQL’s very own superhero (one of many really but he’s the only one I know who dresses the part) has decided to combine the...
View ArticleBlog Post: T-SQL Tuesday #73 Naughty or Nice?
This month’s topic for T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Bradley Ball ( blog | twitter ) with the subject of server environments. As you work with SQL Server look around you. Is your environment Naughty or...
View ArticleBlog Post: Data Compression
Data compression is often misunderstood to cost CPU in exchange for smaller size on disk. Somewhat true, but that simple explanation ignores other savings that often result in net drop in CPU...
View ArticleBlog Post: ETL FRAMEWORK DESIGN FOR NOSQL DATABASES IN DATAWARE HOUSING
With the development of Web 2.0 significantly semi-structured, unstructured data has been generated. Typical RDBMS are lack of scaling and inefficient of handling Big data So the NoSQL Databases have...
View ArticleBlog Post: Useful Log Shipping Script
Like all DBA’s, I have a collection of random scripts put together over time that reside in a folder and are then frequently forgotten about. Today I found a file called “useful log shipping script”,...
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