SQL WHERE Clause Optimization
SQL WHERE clause optimization is important to get maximum performance from a query. If an index exists on a column you obviously want the query to use it...
2009-09-25
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Additional Articles
Multi-Tenant Data Architecture
The second article in our series about designing multi-tenant applications identifies three distinct approaches for creating data architectures.
2009-09-24
3,979 reads
Performance Improvement: Understanding
I'm going to try to lay out some general guidelines for performance improvement through improving understanding about what performance is, how to measure it, and finally solutions to common problems. This article will cover the core understanding of the performance conversation.
2009-09-24
3,790 reads
Service Broker example on how to configure, send and receive messages
SQL Server 2008 and 2005 offer the Service Broker feature. In this tip we will go through the different components of service broker and step by step on how to setup Service Broker for a single database.
2009-09-23
3,250 reads
Ten Pitfalls In Establishing An Enterprise Architecture
Avoiding getting snared in these traps avoids having to spend a lot of money later to fix problems, Gartner says. In addition, EA benefits can be realized faster and the risk of program failure is reduced.
2009-09-23
4,327 reads
Keep Your SQL Server Indexes Fragmentation Free
Routine maintenance can keep index fragmentation to a minimum—with some help from an index-defragmenting script.
2009-09-22
5,457 reads
Migrating SQL Server Databases - The DBA's Checklist (Part 2)
Part 2 of the database migration series examines setting database options, mapping database users to logins, recovery models, backups, and changing the code associated with configurations.
2009-09-22
2,503 reads
Best Practice - Increasing the Number of SQL Server Error Logs
By default, there are six achieved SQL Server Error Logs along with the ERRORLOG which is currently used. However, it is a Best Practice to increase the number of SQL Server Error Logs from the default value of six. In this tip, you will see the steps which you need to follow to increase the number of SQL Server Error Logs.
2009-09-21
3,332 reads
Best Practice - Increasing the Number of SQL Server Error Logs
By default, there are six achieved SQL Server Error Logs along with the ERRORLOG which is currently used. However, it is a Best Practice to increase the number of SQL Server Error Logs from the default value of six. In this tip, you will see the steps which you need to follow to increase the number of SQL Server Error Logs.
2009-09-21
2,211 reads
Python for the SQL Server DBA
Python is increasingly used by DBAs as a general-purpose scripting language, despite the pressure to adopt Microsoft's PowerShell. They find it easy to learn, powerful, and reasonably intuitive. Here Timothy Wiseman, a working DBA, explains the attraction of Python and gives a general introduction to the language, suitable for anyone who has been wondering whether to give it a try.
2009-09-18
5,678 reads
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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