2011-11-24
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2011-11-24 (first published: 2010-03-24)
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Total Database Information At Your Fingertips Part - II
This article will help to get some basic information from your databases that may help you in different situations.
2011-11-24
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SQL Server Functions: The Basics
SQL Server's functions are a valuable addition to T-SQL when used wisely. Jeremiah Peshcka provides a complete and comprehensive guide to scalar functions and table-valued functions, and shows how and where they are best used.
2011-11-24
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SQL Server AlwaysOn - Part 2 - Availability Groups Setup
SQL Server has produced some excellent High Availability options, but I was looking for an option that would allow me to access my secondary database without it being read-only or in restoring mode. I need the ability to see transactions occur and query the secondary database.
2011-11-23
2,321 reads
Survey: Do You Monitor Your Databases?
We're looking to find out more about whether you monitor your databases, and how you do it. If you can spare a moment to complete a short survey, please click here.
2011-11-23
1,962 reads
Dealing with Incomplete Data - A T-SQL Puzzle 1
Client data received for processing may have invalid records based on processing requirements. Identifying and dealing with bad records in a specific scenario is the object of this article.
2011-11-22
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2011-11-22 (first published: 2010-03-17)
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Finding the Source of Your SQL Server Database I/O
There are a number of ways of measuring and identifying I/O-related performance information for your SQL Server database instances.
2011-11-22
3,654 reads
A simple math expression solver
Ben Kubicek wrote a recursive function that solves simple math expressions in a select statement. Read about this creative use of T-SQL.
2011-11-21
5,917 reads
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Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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