Stairway to SQL Server Automated Database Testing Level 1: Why You Need TDD
The first article in this Stairway Series makes the case for test-driven development.
2023-10-15 (first published: 2014-12-31)
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 3 - Transactional Replication – The Publisher
The Publisher is the database where all
replicated data originates. Each Publisher can have multiple publications
defined within it. Each publication contains a set of articles that all need to
reside in a single database. Each article corresponds to all or part of a single
database object. A single database object can map to an article in more than one
publication.
2023-01-04 (first published: 2013-11-20)
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 2 - The Role of the Distributor
In this Stairway, Sebastian will be covering the details of SQL Server transactional and merge replication, from understanding the basic terminology and methodology of setting up replication, to describing how it works and how the basic replication processes can be monitored.
2022-12-28 (first published: 2013-11-13)
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 1 - Introduction to SQL Server Replication
In this Stairway, Sebastian will be covering the details of SQL Server transactional and merge replication, from understanding the basic terminology and methodology of setting up replication, to describing how it works and how the basic replication processes can be monitored.
2019-08-14 (first published: 2012-12-26)
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 4 - Transactional Replication – The Subscriber
The Subscriber is the server where all the changes that are published by replication get delivered to. Every publication needs to have at least one subscriber, but a publication can have many subscribers. This level assumes that you have followed the first three levels and that you have a publication set up, to which you can subscribe.
2013-12-11
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The Fundamentals of SQL Server Replication by Sebastian Meine
Many of my clients need to make data that lives on one server available on another server. There are many reasons for such a requirement. You might want to speed up cross-server queries by providing a local copy of the data. Or you might want to make the data available to resource intensive reporting queries without impacting the OLTP load, maybe even with an intentional delay so you're always reporting against complete days only. Finally, you might be looking to implement high availability. In all these situations, SQL Server Replication is a viable option to look at when planning for the implementation of such a requirement.
2013-09-30
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication - Level 10: Troubleshooting
The final level of this Stairway takes you through how to identify and fix common errors.
2012-04-18
15,194 reads
Stairway to SQL Server Replication - Level 9: The Replication Monitor
Introducing the replication monitor and how to use it to monitor replication health. It also introduces tracer tokens.
2012-03-21
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Stairway to SQL Server Replication - Level 8: Merge Replication – How it works
How merge replication works, including the impact on the published database. The merge agent, different conflict situations and their resolutions are introduced.
2012-03-02
11,185 reads
Stairway to SQL Server Replication - Level 7: Merge Replication – Subscription
This level of the Stairway will cover the details of SQL Server transactional and merge replication, from understanding the basic terminology and methodology of setting up replication, to describing how it works and how the basic replication processes can be monitored.
2012-02-03
7,445 reads
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I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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