As background, I've never been a fan of multiple instances. It's a useful thing to have available and I use it on a server today, but it's never provided a solid way of isolating resources for each instance. Next, one of the things I evangelize...
2009-06-16
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Follow the rules to ensure granular data, flexibility and a future-proofed information resource. Break the rules and you'll confuse users and run into data warehousing brick walls.
2009-06-16
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"Best of SQLServerCentral v6" pulls together some of the best, most popular, and the most read articles of 2008, in dead tree format, covering database administration, BI, design, security, T-SQL, and most things in between.
2009-06-15
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In Part 2 of our series we will examine how to create custom templates and how to save collected trace data.
2009-06-15
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Many DBAs at some point have had to deal with a full transaction log. Check out these steps for finding the cause to quickly solve the problem.
2009-06-15
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We got something good in the mail last week! Some quick observations: The build quality is outstanding. Nothing cheap at all about this card. The engineering that has gone into this shows in every way. It is made up of modules that...
2009-06-15
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Recent installments of our series dedicated to the most prominent features of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition have discussed its reporting capabilities. This article illustrates another approach to generating reports, relying on the Report Server Project template, which offers a considerably wider range of flexibility than its wizard-driven counterpart does.
2009-06-15
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It's time for the Exceptional DBA Awards again, and SQLServerCentral.com and Red Gate want to give recognition to a DBA for outstanding work and achievements. Enter Today!
2009-06-15
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Why can't it be easy for someone to tackle small projects? It is in some areas, and Steve Jones talks a little about some of the issues.
2009-06-15
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Why can't it be easy for someone to tackle small projects? It is in some areas, and Steve Jones talks a little about some of the issues.
2009-06-15
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By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
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Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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