Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Scalability Project
This white paper is a joint effort by Microsoft and Dell to demonstrate the scalability of SQL Server 2000 and Dell hardware.
2002-01-10
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Articles
Information Schema Views
SQL Server DBAs are often curious about the inner-workings of SQL Server. Indeed, it can save your job during disasters to know what's going on inside SQL Server. This article shows you how to use some of the SQL Server internal views to view some meta data about your servers.
2002-01-09
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Worst Practices - Encrypting Data
Continuing with the Worst Practices Series: Steve Jones examines why encryption in the database is a bad idea.
2002-01-08
8,442 reads
Beta Nominations for 64bit SQL Server
Currently, Microsoft is accepting nominations for the 64-bit version of the SQL Server beta program, code named "Liberty." The Liberty beta program is slated to start in February 2002. Important: You must have access to 64-bit hardware running Windows LE to participate in the Liberty beta program. This beta does not install on 32-bit hardware. Before signing up for the beta, verify that you have access to the appropriate hardware.
2002-01-08
3,229 reads
Profiler - Logging Results to a Table
SQL Profiler lets you log the results of a trace directly to a table, yet would you believe you can't save the trace as a script to do the exact same thing? Find out why and get some ideas on work arounds.
2002-01-07
11,073 reads
50 Ways to Confuse, Worry, or just Scare People in a computer lab.
Things your non-technical friends don't want to hear in the lab...
2002-01-04
3,962 reads
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures
Andy says it's not the greatest book for preparing for the 70-100 exam, but the case study is worth reading for it's explanation of the Microsoft Solution Framework. Read the full review!
2002-01-02
3,756 reads
SQLXML 3.0 Beta
SQLXML 3.0 beta adds new functionality to SQL Server 2000, giving developers the capability to expose stored procedures and XML templates as Web Services. It also includes all the features of SQLXML 1.0 and 2.0.
2002-01-01
1,530 reads
Fixing Your Identity
If you use identity values, chances are that at some point you will need to find more information about the next value or reset the seed. This article looks at how you can accomplish this.
2001-12-31
7,186 reads
nternet Data Center 1.5 - Reference Architecture Guide
This document (divided in chapters for your convenience) describes how to design a secure, scalable, highly available, and manageable Internet data center that is based on Microsoft products. This documentation examines the major challenges to consider when designing an Internet data center architecture and how this design addresses these challenges.
2001-12-30
967 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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