I have an application that has a specified database connection that I either can't or don't want to change. However, I need to move the database to a new server. How can I do this easily without breaking other things that maybe using this connection and/or database?
2008-11-18
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Having your users walk into a cold cache on a morning is something that will cause them to have slower running queries initially. Cache warming takes care of a lot of that by executing typical queries against the newly processed cube and thereby building the cache ready for your users
2008-11-18
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This article examines the Recovery Model options used by SQL Server 2008 and the various methods that can be used to backup a database such as Differential and Transaction Logging. In addition, Transaction Logs, the mechanism that makes Recovery Models possible will be introduced.
2008-11-17
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Previous versions of SQL Server were not that great at keeping track of object dependencies. The reason for this was due to the fact that all object dependencies were tracked by the ID of the object, which meant that the object had to exist first.
2008-11-17
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Learn how the appropriate use of attribute member Value can support the selection and delivery of enterprise data in a more focused and consumer-friendly manner. Join BI Architect Bill Pearson in a hands-on examination of the attribute member Value property and its underlying settings in Analysis Services.
2008-11-14
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This paper discusses how to use SQL Server 2008 to get great performance as your data warehouse scales up. We present lessons learned during extensive internal data warehouse testing on a 64-core HP Integrity Superdome during the development of the SQL Server 2008 release, and via production experience with large-scale SQL Server customers.
2008-11-14
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When the database is small, developers often use built-in SQL Server tools and scripts to create the data model. However when the data model grows into an enterprise level data model with all of the associated complexities, the management and maintenance grow as well. So what options are available to manage and build the data model?
2008-11-13
3,240 reads
This article shows how a database can be restored to achieve point in time recovery
2008-11-12
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Part 8 of our discussion on how to check SQL Server using Windows PowerShell examines how to get the SQL Server connection information.
2008-11-12
2,668 reads
With SQL Server 2008's new Data Collection feature and the Management Data Warehouse (MDW), came three system Data Collection sets. This article covers the different data collection standard reports that have been provided to display information related to the statistics collected by the system data collections.
2008-11-11
2,517 reads
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers