Herve has done some work experimenting with max degree of parallelism (DOP) on some large multi processor blocks and based on that, has some recommendations for you if you're using more than 8 processors. Good reading!
2003-06-23
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Bitwise operators can be challenging to manage at first. However, with practice and patience, and under the right conditions, these operators can provide remarkable performance improvements in production environments. This article will compare two methods of accomplishing the same output, one with a normalized model and the other with bitwise operators.
2002-09-05
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In this article, we will leverage Extended Stored Procedures to extend the functionality of SQL Server and give a starting point to experiment with Extended Stored Procedures.
2002-08-26
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