The Case of the Shrinking CFO, err Database
Shrink SQL Server databases quickly and with virtually no contention.
2017-12-25 (first published: 2015-08-17)
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Edward Polley
Hidden Tricks To SQL Server Table Cleanup
How to delete millions of rows with virtually no contention.
2015-09-04 (first published: 2013-03-06)
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SQL Server Cloud Migration Part I
A SQL Server migration with minimal business impact while synchronizing schema and data.
2013-09-23
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Super Fast Transactional Replication Repair
Your production SQL Server transactional replication just failed and the business impact is critical. How do you get replication restored in minutes?
2013-05-30
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The Trouble with Transactional Replication and large articles.
This article will show you one way to quickly restore SQL Server replication with huge tables.
2012-05-18
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Large table cleanup with minimal locks
How do you delete millions of rows with minimal impact to the business? This article gives you a way to accomplish the removal of old data.
2012-03-06
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