SQL Server 2005 – Unattended installation – Part V
In this section of this series, I am going to demonstrate how to install SQL server 2005 service pack 1, to update the server components using command line options.
2006-08-14
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Backup Basics Part 3: General Tips for a Backup Strategy
Knowing how to configure backup applications and select backup media is half the battle of designing a successful backup strategy. The other half is choosing how and when to back up the specific pieces of data that are stored on your servers, share points, and workstations. In this final article of his series on backup basics for new technicians and administrators, Ryan Faas offers some suggestions to help you make these important decisions.
2006-08-11
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SQL Server 2005 Installation Adventures
In bringing the SQLServerCentral.com training center online, one of the challenges Andy Warren faced was developing an automated way to install software. Here we see some of the gotchas and difficulties that you might encounter as well with unattended installations of SQL Server.
2006-08-10
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Monitoring SQL Servers Availability
How many SQL Server instances are you running? Do you ever have customers calling you stating that their application is not working, then when you research the problem you find that the instance that supports their application is unavailable? Have you ever had someone mistakenly shutdown the SQL Agent service and forget to restart it, causing a number of scheduled jobs to not be run? One of the tasks of a DBA is to monitor the availability of all SQL Server instances and services.
2006-08-10
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A Report to Display and Edit User 'Rights'
Reporting Services is quickly becoming one of the most popular parts of SQL Server and new author Jonathan Spink brings us an interesting use of this subsystem. He explains how Reporting Services can do more than just display data; it can also provide an easy interactive way to make changes without the overhead of a complete .NET application.
2006-08-09
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Tuning .NET - Part One
As server-side .NET development becomes more prevalent, Application Performance Management tools are becoming available to fine-tune .NET applications. And, as in the past, it seems that the ability to build new and more sophisticated applications always stays ahead of the ability to manage them.
2006-08-09
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Adding In HTML Links
While the strength of SQL Server is not in string manipulation, it can be very handy when backing a web site to be able to automatically include links for some of your content. New author Grey Wilson brings us an easy technique to easily deliver results to developers with URLs embedded inside.
2006-08-08
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Become an ETL Expert
Learn ETL solutions from SQL Server MVP Brian Knight at the SQLServerCentral.com training center.
2006-08-08
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Introduction to Deploying SSIS Packages
In this session, you'll learn the basics on how to deploy an SSIS package to the package store. You'll learn the benefits of whether to use the MSDB database or file system to store yoru packages and how to use configuration files to simplify migrations.
2006-08-08
2,063 reads
Writing Maintainable Code
No developer or DBA wants to be told how to write their code. Everyone has their own style, but this can cause problems in a team environment where different people need to work on the same section of code. New author Pam Abdulla brings us a few simple techniques that can help you write more maintainable code.
2006-08-07
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Read Only Replica in SQL Server Standard
Our environment runs using SQL Server Standard. We are implementing Availability groups. Our database has been experiencing high read volumes, so I want to let the application read the Synchronized Secondary replica, as I read that HADR does this. Can we implement this?
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