The Year in Review 2008
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
2008-12-31
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It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
2008-12-31
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In a previous tip on Disaster Recovery Procedures in SQL Server 2005 Part 1, we have seen how we can come up with a disaster recovery procedure in SQL Server 2005. There are other ways to increase availability of your highly critical database in SQL Server 2005. What are those other options?
2008-12-31
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Moving databases is fairly simple, but when you move a system database, there are a few extra steps to follow. MVP Brian Knight walks us through how to move temdb in this video.
2008-12-30
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What would you do if you want to perform 15 to 30 lookups using the same reference dataset? This is how I did it...
2008-12-30
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Today many companies determine to publish their data on the Internet trying to expand their business and make their information more accessible. The IT industry proposes a wide range of original solutions for resolving data inconsistency problems that publishers inescapably face when exporting their data as they need to properly access, process and interchange large amounts of information mainly through the web.
2008-12-30
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Yan Pan explains how to set up proxies in SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and compares the differences between them
2008-12-30
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SQL Bits IV, in Manchester, UK next year on March 28th, is now looking for speakers. Please submit a session if you are interested.
2008-12-30
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A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.
2008-12-29
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At first glance, a client appeared to be violating a cardinal rule of data warehousing. However, Bill Inmon's further investigation revealed that perhaps their actions were acceptable.
2008-12-29
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Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
2008-12-29
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Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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