Free and Cool - WMV
Two big events this week captured Steve Jones' attention. A little MySQL and Apple commentary to break up the week.
2008-01-16
63 reads
Articles
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 14 - Replication Support
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition's small footprint and free-of-charge use has some negative implications, imposing restrictions on functionality available in the Standard or Enterprise editions. This is especially conspicuous in the case of replication, which we will explore starting with this installment.
2008-01-16
2,431 reads
SQL Server clustered index design for performance
Find why SQL Server clustered index design should be narrow and static and how clustered indexes affect many-to-many tables to improve database performance.
2008-01-16
3,939 reads
Adding Custom Code To Reporting Services
Reporting Services has been greatly enhanced in SQL Server 2005 and become an integral tool in many SQL Server installations. Longtime autor Raj Vasant brings us an example of how you can enhance your reports with custom coded DLLs called from within the reporting engine.
2008-01-15 (first published: 2007-03-15)
21,772 reads
Tracking Illicit Users
Longtime SQL Server guru David Poole brings us a look at one of the thorny problems a DBA faces: tracking down illicit users.
2008-01-15
7,921 reads
Application Locks (or Mutexes) in SQL Server 2005
Application locks aren't a well known area of locking in SQL Server, but they can be very useful for special scenarios. They work in an analogous way to the lock() construct in .Net and are basicaly user defined mutexes in SQL Server.
2008-01-15
4,038 reads
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - iPod
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
2008-01-15
48 reads
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - MP3
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
2008-01-15
62 reads
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - WMV
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
2008-01-15
53 reads
Expert DBA tips in 3 posters
An offer from Red Gate for free downloadable posters. You can print them out and decorate your cube, showing some great disaster recovery tips from MVP Brad McGehee.
2008-01-15
4,688 reads
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Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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