New and Basic Result-set Paging functionality in SQL 2012 Version.
Overview of 2 very important clauses added to SELECT statement in SQL2012 to allow paging on result sets.
2013-04-10
649 reads
Articles
2013-04-10
10,639 reads
Using Policy Based Management for checking SQL Server database file extensions
We need to exclude SQL Server database files from Antivirus and Third Party Backup Software (to make sure that files are not accessed directly). How can we be sure that all of our SQL Server file extensions are using the standard file extensions for database files?
2013-04-10
2,438 reads
Tune SQL Server 2012 Databases Using Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Microsoft Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) is a database performance tuning utility designed to analyze your SQL Server database and suggest actions to be taken in order for taking your query performance to the next level.
2013-04-09
5,105 reads
Automating SQL Server Database Deployments: A Worked Example
Alex talks through a simple practical example of a database deployment, First creating a empty database and then upgrading it through three steps by writing T-SQL scripts, adjusting configuration files and the change log, before generating a full build script containing all schema objects.
2013-04-09
3,749 reads
SQL Saturday #189 - Costa Rica
Join us at SQL Saturday Costa Rica on April 13, 2013 for a day of SQL Server Training and Networking.
2013-04-08
1,469 reads
SQL Server JOIN Hints
You, as a SQL Server data professional, are looking for ways to improve your queries. You've done the usual - avoided cursors and loops, used locks effectively, examined execution plans - what else can you tweak? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-04-08
6,542 reads
Insensitivity: A Good Technique?
This article explores the place of emotion among knowledge workers doing team-based design activities.
2013-04-05
179 reads
Generating Sequence Numbers Using the Sequence Object
The new SQL Server 2012 Sequence Object can be used to generate unique numbers that can be automatically incremented based on an increment value. Greg Larsen discusses the different features of the sequence object and how you can use it to generate sequence numbers.
2013-04-05
2,967 reads
New Custom Metric: Long Running Job
SQL Monitor’s Job duration unusual alert is a powerful tool for keeping track of most jobs in your SQL Server environment. It works by comparing the running time of any job instance against the median for that job, and identifying when a variation in the job duration could hint at a performance problem. However, if your environment contains big jobs whose durations vary by several orders of magnitudes, it can be tricky to specify what kind of variation is expected and what would be unusual. For these cases, it is possible to go beyond the functionality of the built-in alert with a custom metric.
2013-04-05
2,857 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers