The benefits of SQL Server 2005's new snapshot isolation feature are well known, but SQL Server developers also need to understand the downstream ramifications of snapshot isolation.
2006-12-11
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This document describes the problem and the workaround in SQL Server 2000, and the solution and recommendation in SQL Server 2005.
2006-12-08
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Binary objects like Word documents, MP3 files, or any other non-data file can be challenging to load into SQL Server. In this presentation, Brian shows you how to use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to load BLOB resume files into SQL Server by using the Import Column transform.
2006-12-08
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While no disaster recovery plan provides ironclad protection, your company will be far less vulnerable to an extended business disruption from a disaster with a plan than without one.
2006-12-07
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SQL Server Management Studio just doesn't cut it for complicated configuration and monitoring implementations. Learn how to implement your own SQL Service Broker (SSB) control bus solution to serve the needs of complex SQL Server-based messaging solutions.
2006-12-06
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In this article, we will examine IsLeaf(), once again as a conditional logic modifier, but within the context of a filter. Combining IsLeaf() with the MDX Filter() function is another way we commonly see it in action in the business environment, and our exposure to the practical aspects of its employment in this way will serve to round out our overall awareness of the potential of IsLeaf().
2006-12-05
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The article's intention is to show how easy it is to use DMO (and its successor, SMO) from within SQL Server, and how any COM object that does not rely on events can be used.
2006-12-04
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In this presentation, Brian introduces SQL Server 2005 Profiler. He shows you to integrate System Monitor logs (also called perfmon) to find what queries were running against your machine during key performance failures. He also shows you how to output the query plan into an XML file.
2006-12-04
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Some of the key factors to consider while you devise an index maintenance plan are performance, concurrency, and required resources. SQL Server 2005 provides you with several options for index create and rebuild operations that you can use to effectively meet the requirements of performance, concurrency, and resources.
2006-12-01
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If you're having a problem with particular queries, there are a few things you can do with the information that the server collects about the distribution of data in columns and indexes.
2006-11-30
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By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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