Ten steps to migrate databases between servers in a .Net environment
How to move databases from one server to another with limited downtime
2009-08-17
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Edward Elliott
Capturing I/O patterns using Process Monitor
In this article, Edward Elliot shows us how to capture the types, size and location of SQL Server I/O requests.
2009-06-23
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What is sysprocesses and what can it do for you?
This article presents a description of sysprocesses aimed at the newer DBAs. From new author Edward Elliot, he dives into what you can learn from this system view.
2009-05-01
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An Extra Defense For SQL Injection Attacks
TDSe-cure is a proxy service to SQL Server to block SQL injection attacks.
2009-01-07
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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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