How can we get information about new products, tools, and services in the Internet world? Steve Jones has a poll this Friday asking what ways you would like to interact with SQL Server vendors on the site.
2010-01-08
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I saw someone post a question recently about running out of identity values in an INT column. It happens, it’s...
2010-01-08
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When I first reported to my duty assignment with the US Air Force, there were 3 sergeants in my shop....
2010-01-08
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Even after you have applied proper indexing along with re-factoring your TSQLs with best practices, some data access routines might still be there, which would be expensive, in terms of their execution time. There must have been some smart ways to deal with these. Yes there are. SQL server offers you some rich indexing techniques that you might have not used earlier. These could surprise you with the performance benefits they possibly offer. Let us start implementing those advanced indexing techniques:
2010-01-08
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A Rolled back transaction will increase the snapshot sparse file usage. New author Subash brings us an examination of how those database snapshots actually work.
2010-01-07
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Steve Jones says we need to stick together in IT, at least from the perspective of the client. Otherwise we can all look bad as an industry.
2010-01-07
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Steve Jones says we need to stick together in IT, at least from the perspective of the client. Otherwise we can all look bad as an industry.
2010-01-07
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Steve Jones says we need to stick together in IT, at least from the perspective of the client. Otherwise we can all look bad as an industry.
2010-01-07
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Recent installments of our SQL Server 2005 Express Edition series have been discussing its implementation of Full Text Indexing. This article focuses on data searches, which leverage existing indexes, taking into account such features as noise words and thesaurus files.
2010-01-07
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This article from Ed Swiedler looks at using SQL Server to log activity from various sources. Service Broker and Windows Services are used to create a generic logging service that will build log files for you to examine outside of any application.
2010-01-06
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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