Learn how to apply the new tracing functionality in Microsoft data access technologies such as ADO.NET 2.0, MDAC 2.82, SQL Server Native Client, and the JDBC driver; and in the SQL Server network protocols and the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database engine.
2008-02-04
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Determine accurate storage requirements for a SQL Server database with these methods. Calculate how to set storage requirements for a database application.
2008-02-04
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The Entity Framework is an exciting new technology being developed for ADO.NET. It allows developers to view data using a logical model instead of a physical model, offering more flexibility.
2008-02-01
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In this article I will settle down a little bit and share with you tools that I have used as part of the data governance trade.
2008-01-31
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2008-01-30
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Stored procedures can be an effective way to handle conflicting needs, but it's not always so obvious how to write them so they both perform well and scale.
2008-01-30 (first published: 2007-02-05)
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Paul Randal of SQLskills takes a look at lock escalation in SQL Server 2008
2008-01-30
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In this video, Randy Dyess shows you how important SQL Server dependencies are and some of the faults with SQL Server 2005 with these. For example, SQL Server will allow you to create a stored procedure that points to a table that doesn't exist. He also shows you how this problem has been corrected in SQL Server 2008.
2008-01-30
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This article, part 4 in a series, discusses how to use, publish, maintain and govern the enterprise architecture.
2008-01-29
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Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson introduces the numeric Max()function, and leads hands-on practice examples of the basic concepts.
2008-01-29
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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