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2008-10-20
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Articles
SQL errors and other failures fixed from the trenches
Solve your SQL Server error, problem or installation failure with this advice. Learn how to fix SQL performance errors and suspect data recovery problems.
2008-10-20
3,381 reads
SQL Server Sanity: Maintain Healthy Transaction Logs for Easy Data Recovery
Learn how executing frequent backups and maintaining healthy transaction logs in SQL Server leads to quick recovery. Failing to do so can mean having to re-enter a lot of data.
2008-10-20
3,238 reads
Enough - Database Weekly (Oct. 20, 2008)
The loss of data is getting ridiculous. Steve Jones wants companies and government to do something about it.
2008-10-18
509 reads
Who Wants to Be Rich?
With all the concern over the economy lately, Steve Jones talks about about finances and tries to bring perspective to those of us in the real world.
2008-10-18
66 reads
Who Wants to Be Rich?
With all the concern over the economy lately, Steve Jones talks about about finances and tries to bring perspective to those of us in the real world.
2008-10-18
76 reads
SQL Server 2000 Useful Undocumented Stored Procedures
In this article, Alexander Chigrik looks at some useful undocumented stored procedures that shipped with SQL Server 2000.
2008-10-17 (first published: 2001-10-08)
30,227 reads
Who was that Affinity Masked Man?
Getting the number of processor cores that SQL Server is using is not as straitforward as it could be. Enter the affinity mask, bitwise operations and good old fashioned computer science.
2008-10-17
4,026 reads
Enough - Database Weekly (Oct. 20, 2008)
The loss of data is getting ridiculous. Steve Jones wants companies and government to do something about it.
2008-10-17
782 reads
Enough - Database Weekly (Oct. 20, 2008)
The loss of data is getting ridiculous. Steve Jones wants companies and government to do something about it.
2008-10-17
516 reads
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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