Post Snapshot Script - SQL School Video
The post snapshot script in replication allows you to make changes to the subscriber after you complete a snapshot. Unaware of this feature? Watch this episode of SQL School.
2009-08-11
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Articles
24 Hours of PASS
Rick Heiges has put together an interesting event coming up on Sep 2, 2009 called 24 Hours of PASS. As...
2009-08-11
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Data Compression: Strategy, Capacity Planning and Best Practices
The data compression feature in SQL Server 2008 helps compress the data inside a database, and it can help reduce the size of the database. Apart from the space savings, data compression provides another benefit: Because compressed data is stored in fewer pages, queries need to read fewer pages from the disk, thereby improving the performance of I/O intensive workloads. However, extra CPU resources are required on the database server to compress and decompress the data, while data is exchanged with the application. Therefore, it is important to understand the workload characteristics when deciding which tables to compress.
2009-08-11
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Using INSTEAD OF triggers in SQL Server for DML operations
In SQL Server 2000 and onwards there are INSTEAD OF triggers that can be used to carry out such tasks. Although these types of triggers can be used in a number of scenarios their primary function is to perform DML operations through such views. This tip shows how to use INSTEAD OF triggers to handle these DML operations on views.
2009-08-11
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Database Documentation Using Red Gate's SQLDoc
Longtime author David Poole has written an excellent article about using SQLDoc, from Red Gate Software. Learn how you can document your own databases in this sponsored article.
2009-08-10
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2009-08-10
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Twenty tips to write a good stored procedure
This article will provide some useful information to write a SP. I have emphasized on performance.
2009-08-10
53,627 reads
Vote now for the Exceptional DBA of 2009
The voting has begun to find 2009's Exceptional DBA - Tell us who you think should be taking home the award this year!
2009-08-10
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Disaster Recovery Scenarios with HP Data Protector
Let's say it is a late Monday morning, because something always comes up before you are required at your vocation,...
2009-08-10
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Push vs. pull: Configuring SQL Server replication
Learn the difference between push and pull subscriptions and how to determine the best placement for SQL Server replication's Distribution Agent
2009-08-10
3,198 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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