SQL Saturday #156 - Providence, RI
Come visit Rhode Island and meet fellow SQL Server professionals from all over New England as SQL Saturday comes on Sept 15, 2012.
2012-09-03 (first published: 2012-08-13)
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Articles
Why is my transaction log full?
Why does the transaction log fill up? There are a variety of reasons, and MVP Gail Shaw walks you through the various things to check.
2012-08-31 (first published: 2011-02-21)
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AlwaysOn Architecture Guide: Building a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution by Using AlwaysOn Availability Groups
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups provides a unified high availability and disaster recovery (HADR) solution that improves upon legacy functionality previously found across disparate features. Prior to SQL Server 2012, several customers used database mirroring to provide local high availability within a data center, and log shipping for disaster recovery across a remote data center. With SQL Server 2012, this common design pattern can be replaced with an architecture that uses availability groups for both high availability and disaster recovery. This paper details the key topology requirements of this specific design pattern, including quorum configuration considerations, steps required to build the environment, and a workflow that shows how to handle a disaster recovery event in the new topology.
2012-08-31
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Using nmap to scan for SQL Servers on a network
I need to try and find all SQL Servers, not just the ones in my domain. We know there are a couple of appliances that are potentially running SQL Server and we want to see them, too. What can I use to do this?
2012-08-30
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The Seven Sins against T-SQL Performance
There are seven common antipatterns in T-SQL coding that make code perform badly, and three good habits which will generally ensure that your code runs fast. If you learn nothing else from this list of great advice from Grant, just keep in mind that you should 'write for the optimizer'.
2012-08-29
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012
This article discusses and demonstrates AlwaysOn Availability groups in SQL Server 2012, a new feature for high availability.
2012-08-28
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Export images from a SQL Server Table to a Folder with SSIS
Can I export images from SQL Server to a file in Windows? What SQL Server options are available to do so? Check out this tip to learn more.
2012-08-28
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SQL Saturday #167 - Columbus, GA
A free day of training in Columbus, GA. Come meet the local SQL professionals and spend a day talking SQL Server.
2012-08-28 (first published: 2012-08-09)
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Practical PowerShell for SQL Server Developers and DBAs – Part 1
There is a lot of confusion amongst DBAs about using PowerShell due to existence the deprecated SQLPS mini-shell of SSMS and the newer SQLPS module. In a two-part article and wallchart, Michael Sorens explains how to install it, what it is, and some of the excellent things it has to offer.
2012-08-27
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Solving the SQL Server Multiple Cascade Path Issue with a Trigger
This tip will look at how you can use triggers to replace the functionality you get from the ON DELETE CASCADE option of a foreign key constraint.
2012-08-24
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