For quick and dirty work, sometimes Access is the best way to work with SQL Server. Andy Warren brings a basic tutorial on how you can link Access to your SQL Server tables to easily and quickly manipulate data.
2007-11-02 (first published: 2006-01-25)
27,127 reads
In part 1 of his series on the history of programming, David Chisnall takes a look at some of the developments of the last few decades that have created the current crop of languages and discusses where they came from.
2007-11-02
4,942 reads
Code profiling tools can help cure most performance problems, but sometimes the problem is so severe that you'll first need to know how to wield computing's least understood tool, the debugger, before diving in with the Profiler. Brian Donahue, Crash Scene Investigator, is on hand to explain why.
2007-11-02
2,944 reads
In this article, Brian Kelley continues his series on Query Analyzer for SQL Server 2000. Query Analyzer offers a highly configurable integrated development environment (IDE). Some of the areas Brian looks at are how to modify the fonts and colors, set connection settings, choose scripting options, and customizing file and result set options. Learn how to make the most of the IDE and make it work for you.
2007-11-01 (first published: 2002-08-01)
38,984 reads
In this article we are going to see how to change an ADT that is linked to columns with Unique Constraint(s) or Check Constraint(s).
2007-11-01
1,686 reads
This article by Andy Warren includes code samples showing you how to restore a database from a file or a device backup.
2007-11-01 (first published: 2001-05-07)
24,611 reads
Mirrored backup commands in SQL Server 2005 work with media sets to minimize data loss. They can also restore a mirrored backup from a different media family.
2007-11-01
2,367 reads
These 34 subsystems cover the crucial extract, transform and load architecture components required in almost every dimensional data warehouse environment. Understanding the breadth of requirements is the first step to putting an effective architecture in place.
2007-11-01
3,164 reads
Continuing on with his great series on XML, Jacob Sebastian looks at elements of mixed types.
2007-10-31
3,642 reads
Paul Randal, former SQL Server Storage Engine lead, brings us a great explanation of how indexes are affected when you alter your schema.
2007-10-31
3,156 reads
No Scooby-Doo story is complete without footprints leading to a hidden passage. In SQL...
By James Serra
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
By Steve Jones
I saw an article recently about implicit transactions and coincidentally, I had a friend...
We’re running SQL Server 2019 with database compatibility level 150, and after recent tuning...
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I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers