Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008
This white paper provides step-by-step guidelines for diagnosing and troubleshooting common performance problems by using publicly available tools.
2009-07-31
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Additional Articles
Creating and managing Analysis Services partitions
S partitions from the ground up, with advice on binding, merging, and selecting partition data.
2009-07-30
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Identify last statement run for a specific SQL Server session
The process to return the last query statement executed is quite straight-forward and works in all versions of Microsoft SQL Server since DMOs (dynamic management objects) were integrated into SQL Server.
2009-07-30
4,718 reads
Searching Unidentified Tables and Columns for Specific Content
You can't let a little thing like not knowing a database's structure keep you from your work. Without identifying tables and columns, you can still find specific values and columns.
2009-07-29
2,638 reads
Storage Modes in SSAS (MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP)
There are three standard storage modes (MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP) in OLAP applications which affect the performance of OLAP queries and cube processing, storage requirements and also determine storage locations.
2009-07-29
2,524 reads
Checking SQL Server Agent jobs using Windows PowerShell
Checking for SQL Server Agent jobs and their status is part of your daily task as a DBA. How do we use Windows PowerShell to check for SQL Server Agent jobs?
2009-07-28
3,655 reads
SQL Server 2008 Learning Guide
This guide provides an in-depth look at SQL Server 2008, with information on upgrading, overviews of the most important new features, and details on future releases.
2009-07-28
3,337 reads
Exploring packages in code
This post builds on some of the previous code and shows how you can explore all objects inside a package. I took the sample Task Search application I’d written previously, and came up with a totally pointless little console application that just walks through the package and writes out the basic type and name of every object it finds, starting with the package itself e.g. Package – MyPackage .
2009-07-27
1,354 reads
Obtaining data changes with Change Tracking in SQL Server 2008
Yan Pan illustrates how to obtain data changes using the CHANGETABLE function and presents two algorithms that you can implement in your .NET application using Sync Services.
2009-07-27
2,432 reads
Statistics Used by the Query Optimizer in Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 collects statistical information about indexes and column data stored in the database. These statistics are used by the SQL Server query optimizer to choose the most efficient plan for retrieving or updating data. This paper describes what data is collected, where it is stored, and which commands create, update, and delete statistics. By default, SQL Server 2008 also creates and updates statistics automatically, when such an operation is considered to be useful. This paper also outlines how these defaults can be changed on different levels (column, table, and database).
2009-07-24
2,506 reads
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