DBAs – soon to disappear??
Heres a thought
With all the monitoring tools and performance gauging software available on the market these days, will there ever...
2010-05-07
592 reads
Justin H-Davies
Log Shipping Problem
Log Shipping Issue (encountered by Abi Chapagai May 7th)
I had set up log shipping between two servers few weeks ago....
2010-05-07
7,599 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-06
573 reads
Script of the week
Every week I will scour the internet for useful SQL scripts and post my favorite on here.
This weeks comes from...
2010-04-23
389 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 reaches RTM
On April 21 Microsoft announced SQL Server 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing.
The downloads on Technet/MSDN on May 3....
2010-04-22
401 reads
SQL Server Agent
Found out this week – that we should be restarting this service at least once a week ! (thus allowing the CPU...
2010-04-20
376 reads
Difference between log shipping and database mirroring
Compiled by Abi Chapagai (April 2010)
Implementation of High Availability depends in the need of the business. Each of the technologies...
2010-04-18
24,355 reads
SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring – Abi Chapagai
Introduction
In any distributed environment, database synchronization between two different locations or different servers’ is very essential for mission critical applications....
2010-04-18
2,242 reads
SQL Log Shipping – by Abi Chapagai
SQL Server 2008 High Availability Solution: Log Shipping
In SQL Server, transaction log provides an ability to recover a database...
2010-03-19
1,694 reads
Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
379 reads
Blogs
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
By Steve Jones
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting,...
Prepping for Certification, Part 3 of ?
By Brian Kelley
After I have understood the details for a certification test (part 1), including format...
SQL Training Black Friday Deals
By Brian Kelley
If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Forums
Best analysis approach to reduce data type length in multiple tables
Hello SSC, I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season! I...
Do you separate data/log files and TempDB files on different disks using AWS EC2
Hello, I am receiving multiple direction on deploying SQL Servers in AWS EC2. ...
Service account being in local admin in AWS EC2 environment?
Hello, I am working with a company on their database administration. I am trying...
Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers