This paper describes how to identify and resolve spinlock contention issues observed when running SQL Server 2008 applications on high concurrency systems with certain workloads.
2011-10-21
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A data flow task generated by the SSIS Import and Export Wizard can be configured to extract data from multiple files by changing the default connection manager to a MultiFlatFileConnection.
2011-10-20
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A tale from the days when civilization was young and everything was harder than it is now.
2011-10-20 (first published: 2009-12-30)
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Even where Source Control isn't being used by developers, it is still possible to automate the process of tracking the changes being made to a database and put those into Source Control, in order to track what changed and when. You can even get an email alert when it happens. With suitable scripting, you can even do it if you don't have direct access to the live database. Grant shows how easy this is with SQL Compare.
2011-10-20
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On Thursday October 20th ,MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning
2011-10-20
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A lively comparison of Pascal's triangle to root cause analysis from David Poole.
2011-10-19
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Do you find yourself managing lots of SQL Server instances? If so you might find you are connected to many different instances and have numerous query windows open that are connected to different instances. When you have lots of query windows open, do you sometimes find it confusing to know the instance in which your query window is connected? Color-coding your connections can help you manage complicated setups.
2011-10-19
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On Thursday October 20th, MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning.
2011-10-19
1,302 reads
In finance, when pricing data isn't available on last day of week, month or year, calculating returns is tricky. This article addresses the issue.
2011-10-18
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2011-10-18 (first published: 2009-12-23)
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After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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