Upgrade Active/Active cluster to SQL Server 2005
This case study describes upgrading to SQL Server 2005 and Windows 2003 Active/Active cluster from and provides upgrade option pros and cons for SQL Server high availability.
2008-06-18
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Additional Articles
How SQL Cluster Resource DLLs work with Cluster Components
In this article Nirmal Sharma explains the SQL Server internal clustering process
2008-06-17
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SQL Server 2008 Transparent Data Encryption getting started
While reviewing the new features in SQL Server 2008, we noticed Transparent Data Encryption. This sounds very interesting. Could you provide us with an explanation and the details to implement it?
2008-06-17
3,326 reads
SAN basics every SQL Server DBA must know
Learn storage area network (SAN) basics that SQL Server DBAs must know. Understand SQL storage concerning RAID levels, redundancy and snapshots vs. backups.
2008-06-16
5,193 reads
SQL Server Audit in SQL Server 2008 – Part 1
SQL Server 2008 February CTP introduces a new feature, SQL Server Audit. This feature facilitates auditing of Database Engine events by providing simple T-SQL statements to enable, store, and view audits on server and database objects. Part 1 of this series focuses on the server level events.
2008-06-16
2,860 reads
Compound Assignment Operators in SQL Server 2008
MAK illustrates the use of Compound Assignment Operator that is introduced in SQL Server 2008.
2008-06-13
1,978 reads
Introduction to the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM)
This paper provides an introduction to the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM), including the basic end-user model, and a brief overview of the architecture and security models.
2008-06-13
3,567 reads
Close these Loopholes - Reproduce Database Errors
This is the final part of Alex's ground-breaking series on unit-testing Transact-SQL code. Here, he shows how you can test the way that your application handles database-related errors such as constraint-violations or deadlocks. With a properly-constructed test-harness you can ensure that the end-user need never see the apparent gobbledegook of database system error messages, and that they are properly and robustly handled by the application.
2008-06-12
3,334 reads
Security Overview for Database Administrators
SQL Server 2008 is secure by design, default, and deployment. Microsoft is committed to communicating information about threats, countermeasures, and security enhancements as necessary to keep your data as secure as possible. This paper covers some of the most important security features in SQL Server 2008. It tells you how, as an administrator, you can install SQL Server securely and keep it that way, even as applications and users make use of the data stored within.
2008-06-12
3,272 reads
Entity Framework: The Cribsheet
Prasanna Amirthalingam provides an overview of Entity Framework and how it can be used. He shows that it can provide an excellent interface between the Object-oriented model and the relational. The Entity Framework allows developers to work with data in the form objects and properties without having to concern themselves directly with either the stored procedures or functions of the defined interface, or the the underlying database tables and columns where this data is stored.
2008-06-11
2,488 reads
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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