Reduce Time for SQL Server Index Rebuilds and Update Statistics
This tip will explore two features to speed up SQL Server index and statistics maintenance in the SQL Server Enterprise, Standard and Express editions.
2014-01-31
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Backup to the right location, by default
How do you configure where your database backups are created? Do you have problems updating all of your backup jobs if the backup location needs to change? See how you can make use of Windows settings and a few lines of simple TSQL to have total control over where you database backups are created.
2014-01-30
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Getting Starting with Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server – Part 1
Starting with SQL Server 2008, two different in-built mechanisms identify DML changes at the source table so that only changed data sets can be considered for data pulled from the source table to load into the data warehouse. These two in-built mechanisms are Change Data Capture (CDC) and Change Tracking (CT).
2014-01-29
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SQL Server Deadlocks by Example
In this article, Gail Shaw looks at how you can identify common types of deadlock, the difference between a deadlock and severe blocking, and how to avoid and fix the most common deadlock types.
2014-01-28
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Managing SSIS Security with Database Roles
SQL Server 2012 introduced the new project deployment model for Integration Services. This tip will guide you through the process of setting up security for the SSIS 2012 catalog.
2014-01-27
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The SQL Server Sqliosim Utility
The sqliosim utility is provided with SQL Server to test the I/O stability and 'correctness' of a server. It is generally used before installing SQL Server in order to ensure that new hardware can handle your expected loads. Bob Sheldon explains what it is and how to use it.
2014-01-24
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Search multiple SQL Server Error Logs at the same time
The code in this tip will show how to use two system stored procedures to identify all iterations of a given string in the available SQL Server error logs since a specific point in time.
2014-01-23
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Calculating the Median Value within a Partitioned Set Using T-SQL
It is ironic that one of the most essential of statistical aggregations, the median, has been so difficult in the past to calculate efficiently in SQL. Dwain Camps sets the candidates to work and identifies the winners and losers.
2014-01-22
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Migrating SQL Server Databases to Windows Azure by Leveraging BACPAC Files
Marcin Policht shows you how to migrate on-premise data that is already cloud-compliant to Windows Azure SQL Databases by converting it into a BACPAC formatted file.
2014-01-21
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The PoSh DBA - Reading and Filtering Errors
DBAs regularly need to keep an eye on the error logs of all their SQL Servers, and the event logs of the host servers as well. When server numbers get large, the traditional Windows GUI approach breaks down, and the PoSH DBA reaches for a PowerShell script to do the leg-work.
2014-01-20
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