Dealing with a disaster is a trying experience for anyone, but having to then worry about having the proper software installed can make things much worse. Steve Jones talks a bit about the challenges of worrying about software versions.
2008-12-16
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In this article, Johan Bijnens shows how logon triggers can bite you in the back.
2008-12-15
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2008-12-15
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Steve Jones talks a bit about the value of learning for DBAs and other IT professionals.
2008-12-15
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Steve Jones talks a bit about the value of learning for DBAs and other IT professionals.
2008-12-15
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Steve Jones talks a bit about the value of learning for DBAs and other IT professionals.
2008-12-15
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SQL Server 2008 has introduced a new way to store data for columns that contain excessive NULL values called Sparse Columns. What this means is that when you declare a column as Sparse and any time a NULL value is entered in the column it will not use any space. Is there a way to identify what columns would make a good candidate for this without having to analyze each column individually?
2008-12-15
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Virtualizing SQL Server has pros and cons. Learn the performance impacts of virtualization on SQL Server I/O, RAM and memory to decide if it is a fit for your SQL Server system.
2008-12-15
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2008-12-15
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Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.
2008-12-14
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By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
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It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
Hi everyone I am getting below warning when I run SSIS: Warning: 0x80049304 at...
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Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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