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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64-bit SQL Server is coming!! Are you ready for this new technology? Chances are most of you are like us in that you've never had a 64-bit machine around and you likely don't remember the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit. Do you even want to make the transition? Is it worth it? New author Robert Pearl brings us a first look at how the 64-bit version of SQL Server will differ from the 32-bit version.
2006-12-08 (first published: 2004-05-26)
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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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EFS provides a mechanism for encrypting files completely transparent to higher level applications such as SQL Server. In this article by Brian Kelley, he shows you how to implement this type of security in your environment.
2006-12-01 (first published: 2002-12-09)
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By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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