Managing Transaction Logs
A great article that should answer all your questions about the transaction log from MVP Gail Shaw. A must read for all DBAs.
2012-01-03 (first published: 2008-10-31)
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Gail Shaw
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Recovery Models
Learn the basics of recovery models in this short article from SQL Server guru and MVP, Gail Shaw.
2011-09-01
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SQLSkills Immersion training in London
A wrap up from MVP and expert Gail Shaw on her experiences of training with SQLskills.
2011-07-27
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Statistics, row estimations and the ascending date column
SQL’s auto-updating statistics go a fair way to making SQL Server a self-tuning database engine and in many cases they...
2011-03-28
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And now for a completely inappropriate use of SQL Server
A while back I wrote up a short introductory overview of Genetic Algorithms. Just for the shear, absolute fun of...
2011-02-28
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Distincting an IN subquery
This is going to be a quick one…
I keep seeing forum code (and production code) that includes the DISTINCT in...
2011-01-26
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Do IF statements cause recompiles?
I heard this one over at SSC a while back. “Avoid IF statements in stored procedures as they result in...
2010-12-15
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Help, my database is corrupt. Now what?
The stuff of nightmares, a corrupt database. However Gail Shaw gives you some advice about how to handle this situation.
2010-04-23 (first published: 2009-02-16)
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2010-04-01
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Left outer join vs NOT EXISTS
And to wrap up the miniseries on IN, EXISTS and JOIN, a look at NOT EXISTS and LEFT OUTER JOIN...
2010-03-25
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