3 posts tagged as "sql-server"

Hello Gatsby

Hello Gatsby

The first post on this site was written on July 27th, 2004. Wow, nearly 14 years ago. I believe it was written on  Scott Watermasysk’s .Text platform, at least that is the first blogging platform I remember running for real. I eventually followed…

Restoring large SQL Server databases

When restoring a large SQL Server database (double-digit GBs) insure that the backup file is not on the same physical drive that your data file will reside. Having them on the same drive seems to slow down the restore process 10 fold. That number is…

I need SQLPrompt

For the last year and a half I have been using a laptop as my primary development machine. A few weeks ago I got a new desktop and spent a few days installing most of the essentials. Since then I’ll occasionally be reminded of some tool or utility…