On Saturday, 27 June 2015, I will be presenting at SQLSaturday #407 in Vancouver BC. The session is titled “Restoring a SQL Server Database from Azure Blob Storage”. I will be releasing some new content… Pre-Announcement Announcement
I have been selected to speak at SQLSaturday #407 in Vancouver, on 27 June 2015. My topic is about restoring SQL Server backups from Azure Blob Storage, and how to make this process easier (and… SQLSaturday #407 in Vancouver
This piece was originally written some years ago, and never published. It is a report and analysis of the largest project I had worked on as a developer / DBA up to that point in my career. I have published it here for any of you who are interested.Loyalty can be bought
On SuperUser.com, a question came up about how to do a proper Linux backup, including the applications installed, and associated configurations. In light of a previous post I wrote about backups and run books, I… Where Do I Start With A Run Book?
Kimberly Tripp has a very neat series of stored procedures on her blog which are rewrites of sp_helpindex. Unfortunately for those of us with customers still using SQL Server 2000, these scripts are useless, because… My brain hurts