How 11GB of SQL Server Data Mysteriously Disappeared
What would you do if your SQL Server database mysteriously lost 11GB of data? Find out what happened to me. This story has a happy ending.
2002-07-03
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2002 Reader's Choice Award Voting Begins
The SQLServerCentral.com Reader's Choice Awards voting has begun. Vote for the product or book that you feel is best in breed and saves you the most time. Voting is simple and takes less than a minute.
2002-06-24
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Challenge the Community
Have a SQL Server question? Challenge the largest SQL Server online community in our forums! If you think your a guru, test yourself by helping a newer DBA. SQLServerCentral.com has active forums with over 100 posts daily.
2002-06-21
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Become an Author!
Want to be an author and be admired by the SQL Server community? Find out more details about how to be a writer for SQLServerCentral.com, visit this page.
2002-06-19
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The Microsoft SQL Server™ Accelerator for BI Launched
The Microsoft SQL Server™ Accelerator for Business Intelligence (SQL Server Accelerator for BI) makes it easy to build a customizable business intelligence solution from your operational data, enabling your organization to realize the power of business analytics.
2002-06-19
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Yukon Resource Center Launhced
This week, SQLServerCentral.com launched its Resource Center all about getting a sneak peak on Yukon. All links are user contributed.
2002-06-14
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SQLServerCentral.com Launches SQL Server Security Analzyer
SQLServerCentral.com launched its first online free software, which can evaluate your SQL Server remotely and look for SQL Server security vulnerabilities. This free service looks for weak or no passwords and does a basic penetration test online.
2002-06-13
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Updated Freeware Product SQLExecMS Released
Oleg Dantchenko has updated his very successful freeware product, SQLExecMS to release 1.5. The new release has a new look, more features and is perfect for rapid development and quick DBA work.
2002-06-12
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2002 SQL Server Best of Breed Product Nominations
Welcome to the first SQLServerCentral.com SQL Server Best of Breed Product Awards. These awards allow you to reward the products that you feel are the best in the SQL Server industry. These awards are user nominated and users vote for the winners.
2002-06-10
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Query Recompilation in SQL Server 2000
Recompilation yields superior performance in some situations, although excessive recompilation can be detrimental. This article will discuss some of these costs and benefits, and will draw on contrasts between different versions of SQL Server to provide further context for understanding recompilation.
2002-06-07
1,291 reads
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Adding and Dropping Columns I
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers