Contract Work
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2006-06-14
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Articles
Differential Backup Tricks
Differential backups are left out of many DBAs backup strategy, but they are a great tool to shrink your backup window, save disk space, and more. However they can be slightly tricky when you look to perform a restore. New author Qian Ye brings us an interesting issue that occured during differential testing.
2006-06-14
8,324 reads
Tuning Up SQL Server 2005 Databases
SQL Server 2005 comes with a built-in answer to this problem: the Database Engine Tuning Advisor. Combining a simple user interface with a deep knowledge of SQL Server, this utility can help you tune your databases for peak performance.
2006-06-14
3,523 reads
Database Commenting Guideline
Commenting seems to be the bane of every programmer, database or otherwise. Sachin Dedhiya brings us a look at brings some standards to how you should comment your code in a SQL Server database.
2006-06-13
7,156 reads
PASS 2006 Reception
Once again the SQLServerCentral.com staff is putting on a Tuesday night reception. Read how you can attend this November in Seattle.
2006-06-13
1,892 reads
Reap the Benefits of SQL Server's New Database Tuning Advisor
The Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) is an improvement over the old Index Tuning Wizard. Learn how to access the advanced features of DTA from the command line with a custom configuration.
2006-06-13
1,777 reads
SSIS Training
SQLServerCentral.com is offering Integration Services training at our new training center. Sign up today and learn from Brian Knight, MVP and SSIS Guru.
2006-06-12
8,566 reads
Agile Development and ICONIX
Lightweight and adaptable, but with proper emphasis on the design phase, the ICONIX methodology can help you avoid Constant Refactoring After Programming...
2006-06-09
1,977 reads
Further Your Career
Training is an important part of anyone's life in technology, especially if you are a SQL Server DBA or developer. With the release of 2005, the entire paradigm of working with SQL Server has changed and you need to be working on your own personal knowledge base. Steve Jones takes a look at how you can get training and shake the funding loose as well.
2006-06-08
7,024 reads
To SP or not to SP in SQL Server: an argument for stored procedures
A seemingly never-ending battle in online database forums involves the question of whether or not database application development should involve the use of stored procedures.
2006-06-08
2,270 reads
Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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