Audit data using SQL Server 2005's COLUMNS_UPDATED function
Auditing data changes in your production environment is very important, especially if you are dealing with confidential information.
2008-10-23
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Additional Articles
Auto generated SQL Server keys - uniqueidentifier or IDENTITY
I'm designing a table and I've decided to create an auto-generated primary key value as opposed to creating my own scheme or using natural keys. I see that SQL Server offers globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) as well as identities to create these values. What are the pros and cons of these approaches?
2008-10-23
5,803 reads
Filtered Indexes in SQL Server 2008
This article demonstrates the performance improvements that can be achieved using Filtered Indexes in SQL server 2008
2008-10-22
2,688 reads
Tips for tuning SQL Server 2005 to improve reporting performance
We are required to report from our SQL Server 2005 database. There are five or six tables regularly used for holding the reporting data, but these tables have five-to-seven million rows of data in them already. We need to use these tables consistently and our performance involving reporting is struggling. Do you have any tips to help improve it?
2008-10-22
4,961 reads
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 32 - Distributed Service Broker Environment - Conducting Dialogs
This installment of our series focuses on establishing, conducting, and terminating a sample Service Broker dialog in a distributed environment, leveraging previously established routes and dialog-level permission.
2008-10-21
1,729 reads
SQL Server Cursor Examples
In my T-SQL code I always use set based operations. I have been told these types of operations are what SQL Server is designed to process and it should be quicker than serial processing. I know cursors exist but I am not sure how to use them. Can you provide some cursor examples?
2008-10-21
5,907 reads
SQL errors and other failures fixed from the trenches
Solve your SQL Server error, problem or installation failure with this advice. Learn how to fix SQL performance errors and suspect data recovery problems.
2008-10-20
3,381 reads
SQL Server Sanity: Maintain Healthy Transaction Logs for Easy Data Recovery
Learn how executing frequent backups and maintaining healthy transaction logs in SQL Server leads to quick recovery. Failing to do so can mean having to re-enter a lot of data.
2008-10-20
3,238 reads
Introduction to New Data Warehouse Scalability Features in SQL Server 2008
This paper introduces the new performance and manageability features for data warehousing across all these components. All these features contribute to improved scalability.
2008-10-17
2,632 reads
Setting up a Two-NODE SQL Server 2008 Cluster from the Command Prompt - Integrated Installation
Part 1 of this series discussed how to prepare for SQL Server cluster installation on a two-node Windows Server 2003 cluster. This installment explains how to install SQL Server Database Engine on the cluster using the Integrated Installation option.
2008-10-17
2,079 reads
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