More RBAR and "Tuning" UPDATEs
SQL Server expert Jeff Moden discusses a common problem seen in many update statements.
2008-03-14
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Articles
SQL Server 2005 Best Practices
With SQL Server 2005 recently released, one of the things that many people are looking for are some guidelines for working with the new product. New author NandaKishore brings us a list of best practices that should give you a start.
2008-03-14 (first published: 2006-01-04)
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Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping in SQL Server Integration Services 2005
This paper describes the Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping transformations that are part of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS). These SSIS transformations are useful for improving the data quality of existing data as well as new data that is being loaded into your database.
2008-03-14
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Internals of DBM Failover / Role Switching
Understanding different types of failovers/Role Switching and How do they internally work in database mirroring.
2008-03-14
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A Common Architecture for Loading Data
Importing data files is always a challenge for a DBA, especially when the files might vary in format. Having one codebase is important and new author Mark Balasundram brings us the template for a high performance application to do just that.
2008-03-13 (first published: 2007-04-04)
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Service Pack 3
Vote for Service Pack 3!!! For SQL Server 2005. As of now, Microsoft has no plans to release Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005. I sent them our poll results, but we need more votes. Let them know this is important by voting on Connect. Vote Now!!!! Update: There's a post that they hear […]
2008-03-13 (first published: 2008-02-17)
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Employ Metadata to Enhance Search Filters
Discover how to use metadata for pooling information already resident in an application to create a flexible search interface that reduces complexity and increases users' productivity.
2008-03-13
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Monitoring Stored Procedure Performance with sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
This article will show you how to use the sys.dm_exec_cached_plans DMV to monitor the performance of stored procedures
2008-03-13
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2008-03-13
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2008-03-13
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
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Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Hyperscale Replicas I
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