’ll focus on the issues that you need to follow to make sure that you have done everything that you could do to optimize the data access codes you have written or you are going to write in future. The Database Administrators (DBA) also has great roles to play in optimizing and tuning the database performance. But, optimization scopes that fall into a DBA’s area are out of scope for these articles.
2009-12-29
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Many experienced DBAs understand the issues with matching up users and logins in a restored database. But what do you do when the database is read only? New author Tychang Chen brings us a technique that can help.
2009-12-28
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Auditing is not only used to ensure internal compliance with authorization rules, it is increasingly used to comply with new legal compliance requirements. This article provides a detailed walkthrough for using SQL Server 2008's new inbuilt Audit feature.
2009-12-28
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I have read several articles about deploying SSIS packages.Most focus on using the deployment wizard or simply copying the files...
2009-12-28
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Can you generate repeating digits in a Fibonacci series?
2009-12-28
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Importing data into SQL Server is one of the strengths of the platform. However it can require a bit of work for a DBA to make this an automated process. New author David Jansen brings us a technique for importing Sharepoint and IIS logs into SQL Server for later analysis.
2009-12-24
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2009-12-24
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Learn how to get started working with SQL Azure and migrating SQL Server databases to SQL Azure.
2009-12-24
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Glenn Barry (blog, twitter) posted a note about MySpace using Fusion-IO PCi-E cards to replace hard drives in their systems....
2009-12-24
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A guest editorial from Tim Ford updates this Christmas classic for the SQL Server professionals out there.
2009-12-24
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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