Find Min/Max Values in a Set
New Author! The author tries to port a solution from Oracle and runs into a problem. Agree with the solution?
2003-11-21
11,563 reads
Articles
Database Migration Tool
New product designed to help you move from one database platform to another. (Not Reviewed)
2003-11-21
1,260 reads
A Methodology for Determining Fill Factors
New Author! Jeff had some questions about fill factors - but no answers! He did some work and came up with a set of recommendations for how and when to set your fill factors to something other than the default.
2003-11-20
10,331 reads
Brief Tutorial on Text, Ntext, and Image
Joseph has written a couple articles for us and forwarded this link to an article he wrote recently on text type columns. You can see more of his work at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/jgama/.
2003-11-20
1,940 reads
Who Cares about FillFactor?
New Author! The first of two articles this week on fill factors, this article looks at the impact fill factor can have on performance and shows you the key tools and counters you use to assess the impact of changes to fill factor.
2003-11-19
25,945 reads
Database Workbench 2.4 released
Database Workbench, a cross database engine development tool, version 2.4 has been released today, 11/10/2003. It now includes support for MySQL and has an extensive list of bugfixes and small enhancements with regard to InterBase, Firebird and MS SQL Server support.
2003-11-19
265 reads
Multiple Table Insert
This article shows how to do conditional multiple table inserts. While it is more script than we typically display, it's interesting and might get you thinking about other uses for the idea.
2003-11-18
14,294 reads
The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
New book! This new book by Ken Henderson (author of other 'GURU' books abou SQL) promises an all inclusive approach to the internals. Sample chapters and other info available by following the link. We'll try to get a review up soon!
2003-11-17
1,325 reads
Using Xp_cmdshell
One of the most handy extended stored procedures in SQL Server is xp_cmdshell. This article will show you how to use it.
2003-11-14 (first published: 2001-05-03)
39,675 reads
Transferring a SQL Server Diagram
So you've created a diagram that you now need to transfer to a different server or database. This article will show give you a step-by-step guide on how to do this.
2003-11-13
11,742 reads
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