In his first article for Simple-Talk, Joe Celko demystifies the use of Constraints, and points out that they are an intrinsic part of SQL and are a great way of ensuring that a business rule is done one way, one place, one time.
2008-10-30
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This article discusses in detail the three database recovery models and how to choose the appropriate recovery model
2008-10-30
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Steve Jones is taking a break on this fine holiday, enjoy a few bloopers before you head out with the kids for trick-or-treating.
2008-10-30
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Steve Jones is taking a break on this fine holiday, enjoy a few bloopers before you head out with the kids for trick-or-treating.
2008-10-30
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This technical article provides an overview of how to produce specific levels of index fragmentation. Useful for creating test plans.
2008-10-29
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One of the configuration options for Database Mirroring is the High Availability mode. With this option three servers are put in place the principal, mirror and witness servers. This is the only option that allows for automatic failover. One of the things that I have noticed is that when there are periodic network issues a failover occurs even though there are no issues with the Principal server. Are there any options to delay the failover?
2008-10-29
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Databases often contain sensitive information and cell-level encryption is a very effective method to protect this information from those who should not have access to it. Although, encryption is not without its challenges.
2008-10-29
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The bimonthly update on the world of energy from Steve Jones talks about wind power.
2008-10-29
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The bimonthly update on the world of energy from Steve Jones talks about wind power.
2008-10-29
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The bimonthly update on the world of energy from Steve Jones talks about wind power.
2008-10-29
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By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
By gbargsley
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...
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Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
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By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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