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Job to Monitor SQL Server 7.0 Performance and Activity

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• Microsoft MSDN

• Performance Tuning

This article describes the ActivityTrace7 job that puts blocking and performance data into a trace file for further analysis.

2001-06-19

2,670 reads

Implementing Data Quality Through Meta Data

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• Embarkadero

• Design and Theory

Data Quality is as important as data integrity for most every application. This article examines how data quality can be improved in a data warehouse through the use of Meta Data.

2001-06-14

1,671 reads

Clonation and the Case of Table Dolly, Part 1

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• Microsoft MSDN

• .Net

In software, clonation can sometimes turn out to be an extremely helpful technique. More often than not, in fact, you catch yourself duplicating instances of running objects to produce nearly identical objects to be managed codewise in a fairly independent way.

2001-06-13

1,123 reads

Using SET to Tune Your Queries

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• SQL Server Performance

• Performance Tuning

On the surface, the goal of performance tuning a query seems simple enough. Essentially, we want our queries to run faster. This article looks at how the STATISTICS IO and STATISTICS TIME options can help us tune queries.

2001-06-12

2,430 reads

How to Use the Windows Synchronize Manager with Pull Subscribers

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• Microsoft MSDN

• Replication

If you have Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Pull subscribers can use the Windows Synchronization Manager (WSM) to synchronize with the publisher.

2001-06-11

1,664 reads

Creating SQL Objects on the fly with VB and XML

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• ASPToday

• Miscellaneous

A method for creating databases and other objects on the fly and distribute these objects to multiple servers.

2001-06-08

1,944 reads

SQL Server 7.0 and OLE DB Heterogeneous Queries

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• Microsoft MSDN

• Distributed Queries

This article discusses queries that involve more than one database server. For example, you can run a query that returns a joined recordset where some records come from a SQL Server™ database and others come from an AS/400 machine.

2001-06-06

1,416 reads

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reliability

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• Microsoft MSDN

• Performance Tuning

Lots of people are designing and building Microsoft Windows-based apps with previously unimagined reliability. Starbucks, GMAC, and FreeMarkets.com all have case studies demonstrating five nines. So, how are these companies able to achieve these levels of reliability?This month I am going to show you how to use standard Microsoft Windows technologies to make your Microsoft SQL Server™ app just like Denny's—“always open” and ready for business.

2001-06-05

1,660 reads

Put Advanced SQL Server Features To Work

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• Microsoft MSDN

• Miscellaneous

SQL is the lingua franca of server-side Web data apps. Some of the advanced features of SQL joins, views, rankings, and computed columns can drastically simplify your code.

2001-06-04

1,107 reads

A Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 Update

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• SQL Server Magazine

• Service Packs

Getting ready to install Windows 2000 SP2? Read this article first. It provides links to resources as well as potential problems.

2001-06-01

1,069 reads

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