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All sorts of project and organizational analysis go into selecting the right database system for the requirements....or so you'd think.
2022-08-27
184 reads
All sorts of project and organizational analysis go into selecting the right database system for the requirements....or so you'd think.
2022-08-27
184 reads
The whole universe, the well-guarded people—may they all query databases together in a single language!
2022-08-13
199 reads
As a developer, DBA or manager, you may not really want to know all about XML, replication or Reporting Services, but if your next project uses one or more of these technologies heavily then the best place to start is with the 'jungle roof' view of each topic that this Crib Sheet compendium provides.
2022-04-27 (first published: 2013-03-15)
10,871 reads
SQL Monitor 10 packs a lot more under the hood in terms of connectivity, establishing cause-and-effect, and alerting. This article provides the high-level tour of the features we've introduced or improved, and why.
2020-03-20
A document search on a billion row "EAV" table is predicted to take 134 days. With a few design tweaks and an efficient relational division algorithm, Peter Larsson got it down to milliseconds.
2019-08-15 (first published: 2013-12-09)
2,681 reads
The transaction log is used by SQL Server to maintain data consistency and integrity. If the database is not in Simple-recovery mode, it can also be used in an appropriate backup regime to restore the database to a point in time.
2019-03-26 (first published: 2011-06-17)
25,053 reads
MidnightDBA and Red Gate have joined together to produce a new book on SQL Server, written by 15 first-time authors. The resulting book, TribalSQL, includes everything you should know about SQL Server that isn’t taught in traditional training, they call it Tribal knowledge.
2019-03-26 (first published: 2013-09-18)
401 reads
This article from Tony Davis describes how to the use the Redgate SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare GUIs to get the current version of a database schema, and its static data, into version control, and then automate database deployments from the version control system using SQL Compare's command line and PowerShell.
2017-05-26
4,474 reads
For many years now we always seem to have been on the verge of the revolution in object databases, without it ever quite transpiring. Why is this?
2017-02-21 (first published: 2009-06-17)
665 reads
Tony Davis on why the dusty corners of many organizations still hide numerous SQL 2005 instances.
2015-04-20
123 reads
By James Serra
(Shameless plug: The price of my book “Deciphering Data Architectures: Choosing Between a Modern...
By Steve Jones
I was working with a customer and discussing how to do error handling. This...
By DataOnWheels
The 14th annual Ability Summit is a global event that I attended a few...
Hi everyone My query works for most cases. There is one edge case where...
Hello, I was given this SQL question and was hoping someone could please help...
In recent days past, there was a Performance gain by placing data files, log...
How does the Resource database in SQL Server 2022 get backed up?
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