XML Support and SQL Server (Part 4)
Checkout the fourth part of my XML support and SQL Server article series here.
In this part, I talked about XML...
2013-02-23
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Basit Aalishan Masood-Al-Farooq
SQL Agent Alert System Error: [264] An attempt was made to send an email when no email session has been established
Today, I received an email from the development team complaining why they have not received any of the SQL Agent...
2013-02-11
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XML Support and SQL Server (Part 3)
Checkout the third part of my XML support and SQL Server article series here.
In this part, I talked about the...
2013-02-11
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Partitioning Relational Data – (Part – 2)
This is the second part of the three part article series on partitioning relational data.
In the first part of this...
2013-02-05
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Find the (available) amount of memory available to SQL Server (instance / machine)
From time to time, I see the following question posted on various SQL forums asking how we can determine the...
2013-01-14
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Partitioning Relational Data – (Part – 1)
A common requirement for dealing with large datasets is the ability to split the data into smaller blocks to help...
2013-01-08
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XML schema (XSD)
When creating XML documents, you must work from a design that defines the structure of the document. This strengthens the...
2013-01-08
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sp_spaceused system-stored procedure
You can use the sp_spaceused system-stored procedure to return space usage information about a database or a table within a...
2013-01-02
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Database Snapshots – A view of database at a specific point in time
Beginning with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced a new feature called database snaphots, which gives DBAs a way of presenting...
2012-12-11
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Does my SQL Server database use any Edition specific features?
Today, I received a phone call from a friend who is thinking to downgrade the database hosted in SQL Server...
2012-12-11
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Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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