With SQL Server 2005 DMVs, we can easily find query performance statistics. Every DBA has a favorite script to find query performance stats. I also have one. But, are all the queries captured by the DMVs? In this tip I will walk through capturing some of this data and show what is capture and what is not captured by the DMVs.
2009-10-05
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DBA's can use the Transfer Error Messages and Transfer Master Stored Procedures tasks to transfer error messages and stored procedures between difference SQL Server instances.
2009-10-05
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The final part of the series will examine full text catalogs and indexing, database collation, service broker considerations, encryption and high availability.
2009-10-02
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This white paper complements the existing documentation on planning, implementation, and administration of a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster, which can be found in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Books Online. There are links to relevant existing content throughout the paper, which is intended primarily for a technical audience. This white paper covers failover cluster architecture and concepts for Windows Server (2003 and 2008) and SQL Server 2008; installation of a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster; upgrades and updates to SQL Server 2008 failover clustering; and maintenance and administration of SQL Server 2008.
2009-10-02
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SQL Server 2005 and 2008 provide native XML data type and provides extensive support for XML data processing. The easy conversion from XML to a relational table provides a way for set-based updates based on user input.
2009-10-01
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In a previous tip on SQL Script Generation Programmatically with SMO, you've seen how you can use SMO to generate SQL scripts programmatically. In this tip I will cover how to generate scripts using Windows PowerShell.
2009-10-01
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Given that companies spend on average between 7 and 12 percent of their annual budgets on energy – a focus on reducing energy consumption can have significant bottom-line impact
2009-09-30
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Change Data Capture (CDC) is a new native feature in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. This article shows how to use CDC to easily set up data auditing on your SQL Server system
2009-09-30
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I would like the option on some servers of having a profiler trace running 24x7 in the background. I could then access and read these trace files to investigate issues after the fact - much like the default trace that came out with SQL 2005.
2009-09-29
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This article outlines a more objective and analytical approach to the ETL and data flow architecture selection based on a set of variables with an objective to enhance the reliability of the overall data warehousing solution.
2009-09-29
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It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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