The Troubleshooting List
SQL Server guru Andy Warren brings us a list of things that he considers when things go wrong. Read about some of the common sense approaches to solving performance and other problems.
2007-10-03
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Articles
Access to SQL Server: Linking Tables
SQL Server 2000 and Access databases can be configured to work closely together. If you find that the Access storage format is not handling your needs and an upgrade is needed, you need not through away all of your access development. Instead, you can link Access tables to underlying tables in SQL Server and improve your application by using SQL Server as the backend for your Access project. Author Kathi Kellenberger brings us her second articles in an Access series looking at Linking tables to
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-02-23)
45,460 reads
Aggregate Queries
They are a basic type of query that every DBA and developer should be able to write, but aggregates are sometimes misunderstood and result in strange behaviors and results. Kathi Kellenberger brings us a tutorial on what aggregate queries are and a few hints on how to become more proficient at writing them.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-12-19)
37,458 reads
An Introduction To Linked Servers
Linked Servers are an interesting technology in SQL Server to allow remote access from within the database to external data sources. They can be a boon in a heterogenous environment with other Oracle, DB2, etc. data sources. But they can also help in a smaller scale against those "hidden" datasources like Excel or Access. New Author Krishna.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-06-02)
48,026 reads
Auditing with SQL Profiler
SQL Server includes a great auditing tool: Profiler. It's not the easiest tool to use, however, and it's one that takes some getting used to. Our resident security export, Brian Kelley looks at a simple example of using this tool to audit logins.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-09-01)
35,406 reads
Auditing Your SQL Server - Part 2
This article expands Steve Jones' look at ways to audit changes to your data by building mirror tables.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2003-03-17)
22,354 reads
Beginning SQL Server - Limit Your Queries
Part 2 of Steve Jones' series on beginning SQL Server from the perspective of a system administrator or someone not used to working with SQL Server. If you've been designated the new administrator, take a look at this series for some help in coming up to speed on this product.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-08-19)
36,217 reads
Beginning SQL Server - Logins and Users
Part 3 of Steve Jones' series on beginning SQL Server from the perspective of a system administrator or someone not used to working with SQL Server. If you've been designated the new administrator, take a look at this series for some help in coming up to speed on this product. This article looks at logins and basic security.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-09-02)
41,602 reads
Calculating Work Days
How many times have you wished that there was a parameter for DATEPART to allow you to check for workdays? While many of us may get stuck working 6 or 7 days a week, most of the world revolves on a 5 day work week. Monday through Friday. New author Jeff Moden brings us a method of easily calculating the number of workdays between any two dates.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-01-10)
73,614 reads
Checking Your Database Fragmentation Level
Fragmentation in SQL Server is a huge debate. Does it matter? How much is too much? What should you do? In any case, new author Nicholas Cain has put together a system that allows him to keep track of the levels of fragmentation as well as defragment those tables when he feels they are getting too spread apart.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-06-04)
34,769 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
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