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Being the middle of the summer in the northern hemisphere, and with the Database Corruption Challenge over, I thought I would cover something a bit lighter, and not as hard core as database corruption.
If you have been a DBA for more than a year or two you probably have some story about going on vacation, and getting the call from the office with some database problem. It might have been that someone forgot their password, or something more serious like a corrupt database. Either way, the simple or more complex issues are not why you went on vacation.
Here is a picture of a DBA on vacation in Hawaii. Notice the empty chair… They should be sitting in the sun sipping a tropical drink, but instead they are back in the hotel room with a VPN connection to the office dealing with some emergency (or perceived emergency) SQL Server issue instead of enjoying the beach.
DBA on Vacation (photo by Steve Stedman)
If you are looking for more info on the corrupt database with Week 10 of the Database Corruption Challenge, you can take a look at the week 10 Challenge Details.
With this being the final competition of the Database Corruption Challenge, I had to make it more difficult than the others, so I added 3 different types of corruption. This challenge was about the equivalent of any 3 of the other challenges.
I have split the solution to the Week 10 Challenge into 3 different posts, with each post explaining how to fix one of the three specific corrupt areas.
WARNING: DBCC WritePage is a dangerous command, that should never be used on any production database. It may invalidate your ability to get support from Microsoft on issues that arise with that database going forward. It is not my intention to encourage anyone to use DBCC WritePage ever. This is just what I used to create a corrupt database, and since creating corrupt databases is not part of the role of most DBAs, you should not use DBCC WritePage. Consider yourself warned.
Read More »Solution to Week 10 Part 1 Database Corruption Challenge
After 10 weeks (or almost weekly) of corrupt databases, missing data and a challenging competition the Database Corruption Challenge finally comes to an end. As part of the last week of the challenge I created a short blog interview for the participants. This interview is Patrick Flynn.
Patrick placed in third with a 3 way tie for third overall in the the Database Corruption Challenge scoring 21 points.
Here are the overall statistics for Patrick in the Database Corruption Challenge
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After 10 weeks (or almost weekly) of corrupt databases, missing data and a challenging competition the Database Corruption Challenge finally comes to an end. As part of the last week of the challenge I created a short blog interview for the participants. This interview is Neil Abrahams.
Neil placed in third place with a 3 way tie for third overall in the the Database Corruption Challenge scoring 21 points. He was one of only 3 participants to complete all 10 challenges in the contest, the other two were André Kamman and Rob Farley.
Here are the overall statistics for Neil in the Database Corruption Challenge
Read More »Neil Abrahams Interview – Database Corruption Challenge
After 10 weeks (or almost weekly) of corrupt databases, missing data and a challenging competition the Database Corruption Challenge, finally comes to an end. As part of the last week of the challenge I created a short blog interview for the participants. This interview is André Kamman.
André placed second overall in the the Database Corruption Challenge scoring 22 points which pushed hi
m above a 3 way tie for third place. He was one of only 3 participants to complete all 10 challenges in the contest, the other two were Rob Farley and Neil Abrahams.
Here are the overall statistics for André in the Database Corruption Challenge
Read More »André Kamman Interview – Database Corruption Challenge
After 10 weeks (or almost weekly) of corrupt databases, missing data and a challenging competition the Database Corruption Challenge, finally comes to an end. As part of the last week of the challenge I created a short blog interview for the participants. This interview is with Raul Gonzalez.
Raul placed third (in a tie) overall in the Database Corruption Challenge behind Rob Farley, and André Kamman. 
Here are the statistics for Raul in the Database Corruption Challenge
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After 10 weeks (or almost weekly) of corrupt databases, missing data and a challenging competition the Database Corruption Challenge, finally comes to an end. As part of the last week of the challenge I created a short blog interview for the participants.
Rob Farley is the overall winner, the champion of the Database Corruption Challenge scoring more points than anyone else. Congratulations Rob!
Rob was one of only 3 participants to complete all 10 challenges in the contest, the other two were André Kamman and Neil Abrahams.
Here are Robs statistics for the Database Corruption Challenge
Read More »Rob Farley Interview – Database Corruption Challenge
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Today I am proud to announce that the Database Corruption Challenge has come to an end. I would like to say that I have met some really great people during this contest and I look forward to seeing you at PASS Summit in October, or other conference someday.
After 10 competitions Rob Farley is the overall Champion of the Challenge with 25 points. Rob won week 2, Week 8 and Week 10. I will get the winning solution posted to my blog in the next day or two for those who are wondering how this weeks challenge was won.
Here is the list of the top scoring participants, the top 10 will receive a limited edition prize t-shirt as their badge of honor for being the top scoring participants:
Read More »Announcing the Database Corruption Challenge Winners