Tag Archives: Backup/Recovery

A Full Backup Includes Everything (with a caveat)

Full database backups in SQL Server include all of the data, objects, tables, rows, functions, stored procedures, etc. If something is in the database when the data reading portion of the backup concludes, it’s in there. Note that “in there” … Continue reading

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Accidently Kicking a Database into the Restoring State

I learn new things all the time. This was one that actually stunned me. Huge props to Gail Shaw for posting a note about this in a thread. Run this code: CREATE DATABASE MyRestoreTest ; GO USE MyRestoreTest go BACKUP … Continue reading

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Backups and Consistency

I wrote about transactional consistency recently. Why do we need this? Imagine that I have an orders table and an ordersdetail table in my database. The orders table has the order header (date, customer, etc) and the detail table includes … Continue reading

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How SQL Server Full Backups Work

I’m writing this in support of a few talks I give that talk about backups. This is how I see things and it’s based on things I’ve learned over time. Some of this comes from a great explanation on Technet … Continue reading

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