Do you need some help with your SQL Server, but perhaps don’t need another full time DBA? Do you need some help to cover your DBA being out on vacation? Do you need help assessing the health of your SQL Servers, and determining which need work? Do you know if you can recover in the event of database corruption or …
The Database Corruption Challenge (DBCC 2015) t-shirt is now available at CafePress. It looks something like this. Check it out and order one to show your participation in the Database Corruption Challenge. Last week, I mentioned that I would come up with prizes for the contest, and that the prizes would be based on the number of participants each week. So here is …
The Bellingham SQL Server Users Group will be having its next meeting on May 20th at 6:00pm. This is free event for the local SQL Server community. What is the Bellingham SQL Server Users Group? PASS Chapters are local user groups that meet regularly in communities around the world to share their passion and knowledge about Microsoft SQL Server and …
Yesterday I blogged about submitting to SQL Saturday Denver, which is about 5 months away, after writing that post, I realized that I haven’t even blogged about SQL Saturday Redmond which is occurring in just over 2 weeks. SQL Saturday #393 Redmond marks just 3 years since my first time speaking at a SQL Saturday #108 in Redmond. So lets …
This year the Denver SQL Saturday is being held on September 19th. I believe it has been 2 years since I attended SQL Saturday in Denver. Since the last time I was at SQL Saturday Denver, my employment has changed. Previously I was employed as a full time employee at a local company. Now I am a freelance database consultant at …
You have a need to keep track of all insert, update and delete actions on a table, or multiple tables. As you consider solutions, you might think about using a trigger, however triggers have their own baggage. You consider using the OUTPUT clause to log to a changes table, but then realize that the output clause cant be enforced. Then the …
Find out more about the Week 3 Challenge on the overview blog post. The winning solution, was submitted by Randolph West with the following steps: I created a dummy database with the same name, set it offline, deleted the files, dropped in your LDF, brought it back online, and did a tail of the log backup with NO_TRUNCATE to bypass …
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It is my pleasure to announce the winners in the Week 3 Database Corruption Challenge. But first how about a rundown of challenge. The challenge was issued at 10:00pm (pacific time) on Friday night. Yes, this was a difficult time for those on the East coast of the US, and if you are from EST, next week I promise the …
Today I had the opportunity to present at LinuxFest Northwest on MySQL Join Types, using the MySQL JOIN Types poster in the presentation. It was a good session, about 30 people in attendance. Lots of great questions were asked. Here is the download material. MySql JOIN Types poster
Welcome to week 3 of the database corruption challenge. Hi, I am Steve Stedman and I have created this challenge to help the best and brightest SQL Server DBAs on the planet test their skills and to show expertise to the world. The winner last week was Rob Farley, I would just like to congratulate him again on winning the …