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2009 Conference Demos and Sample Databases
SAMPLE DATABASES
As used in many conference sessions, these sample databases are useful for learning and reproducing the behavior of most demos. Credit is used in many performance-related demos. SalesDB is used in many “online operations” demos. Unzip and restore (possibly, WITH MOVE) to use.
- 2000 Credit Sample Database (48MB zip/155MB backup/700MB restore)
- 2008 Credit Sample Database (52MB zip/53MB compressed backup/700MB restore)
- 2008 Sales Sample Database (18MB zip/196MB backup/240MB restore)
- 2014 SalesDB Sample Database (17MB zip/28MB compressed backup/240MB restore)
- 2008 IndexInternals Sample Database (6MB zip/6MB backup/410MB restore)
- Note: This database was originally created for the Microsoft Press book SQL Server 2008 Internals. Review this blog post for more information and an SSMS solution file with a number of scripts on internals.
- Baseball Stats Sample Database (23MB zip/110MB backup)
- Note: This is based on the Lahman baseball database from here.
- 2012 Employee Case Study Sample Database (13MB zip/13MB backup/300MB restore)
SAMPLE CORRUPT DATABASES
These zip files contain the common corrupt databases that Paul uses for some of the DBCC CHECKDB demos. Some of the databases will only work on some versions of SQL Server so for instructions, see this blog post for details. Unzip and restore (possibly, WITH MOVE) to use.
- 2000 Corrupt Database (40KB zip/~1MB restored)
- Sample Corrupt Databases (36MB zip/~400MB restored)
- Sample 2008 Fatal Corruption Databases (232KB zip/~3MB restored)
- Sample 2008 R2 Fatal Corruption Databases (260KB zip/~3MB restored)
- Sample 2008 R2 Metadata Corruption Database (90KB zip/~3MB restored)
There are a couple of corrupt 2014 AdventureWorks databases that are used during the IE0 class in this zip. (90MB zip/~670MB restored)
“BEST OF PASS” RECORDED SESSIONS
PASS 2017: Query Store and Automatic Tuning in SQL Server (Erin) Video
PASS 2015: DBA Mythbusters (Paul) Video
PASS 2015: SQL Server Indexing Performance (Kimberly) Video
PASS 2014: Advanced Data Recovery Techniques (Paul) Video
PASS 2014: Five Execution Plan Patterns to Watch For (Erin) Video
CONFERENCE DEMOS
SQL Connections Fall November 9 – 13, 2009 – Las Vegas, USA
Pre-con (November 9):SQL Server 2005/2008: Database Maintenance Best Practices (Paul and Kimberly)
Post-con (November 13):SQL Server 2005/2008: Indexing for Performance (Kimberly)
- Indexing: companion content from SQL Server 2008 Internals Ch6 (Indexing) is here
- Demo Scripts
Session: SDB303: Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server (Paul) Demo Scripts
Session: SDB305: Building the Right Backup Strategy (Paul) Demo Scripts
Session: SDV307: SQL Server Covering: Concepts, Concerns, & Costs (Kimberly) Demo Scripts
Session: SDV308: SQL Server 2008 Sparse Columns: Structures, Storage, Speed (Kimberly) Demo scripts
Session: SDV309: Follow the Rabbit: Interactive Q & A on… Everything! (Paul and Kimberly) No demo scripts for this session
Microsoft TechEd Europe November 9 – 13, 2009 – Berlin, Germany
Session: DAT401: Auditing and Compliance Features in SQL Server 2008 (Bob) Demo scripts
Session: DAT405: Peeking into the plan cache with SQL Server 2008 (Bob) Demo scripts
Session: DAT03-IS: Filtered Indexes and Statistics in SQL Server 2008 (Bob) Demo scripts
SQL PASS Community Summit November 2 – 6, 2009 – Seattle, USA
Pre-con (November 2):SQL Server 2005/2008: Indexing for Performance (Kimberly)
- Indexing: companion content from SQL Server 2008 Internals Ch6 (Indexing) is here
- Demo Scripts
Post-con (November 6): Disaster Recovery: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques (Paul) Demo Scripts
Spotlight Session: Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server (Paul) Demo Scripts
Spotlight Session: SQL Server Covering: Concepts, Concerns, & Costs (Kimberly) Demo Scripts
SQL Connections Spring March 22 – 26, 2009 – Orlando, USA
Pre-con (March 21): A Day of SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data and Location-Aware Applications (Bob) Demo Scripts
Pre-con (March 22): SQL Server 2005/2008 Indexes from Every Angle – Internals, Statistics and Fragmentation (Paul and Kimberly) Demo Scripts (~5MB)
Post-con (March 26): SQL Server 2005/2008 Indexes from Every Angle – Are Your Indexing Strategies Working? (Paul and Kimberly) Demo Scripts (~5MB)
Session: SDV302: Programming Filestreams in SQL Server 2008 (Bob) Demo Scripts
Session: SDB304: Essential Database Maintenance (Paul and Kimberly) Demo Scripts (we didn’t do any, but these scripts are applicable)
Session: SDV308: Indexing for Performance (Kimberly) Demo Scripts
Session:SDB310: Corruption Survival Techniques (Paul)
- Demo scripts (see this blog post for details)
Session: SDV314: Practical SQL Server Security for Architects and Developers (Bob) Demo Scripts
Session: SDB316: Scripting SQL Server 2008 Policies and Data Collection with PowerShell and SMO (Bob) Demo Scripts
Session: SDV320: SQL Server 2008 Sparse Columns and Filtered Indexes (Kimberly)
- Demo Scripts (and the big database is here (~54MB)
Session: SDB322: Follow the Rabbit: Interactive Q&A on Database Maintenance (Paul and Kimberly) No demo script for this session