S. Srivathsani


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Dynamic Management Views and Functions in SQL Server 2005

DBAs have always been warned against using system tables in their code, but often there has been no other way to get information about the server. In SQL Server 2004, Dynamic Management Views have been provided that give you insight into almost every aspect of SQL Server. S. Srivathsani brings us a look at some of the DMVs and functions you can use.

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Understanding DDL Triggers in SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2005 includes a number of new security enhancements to aid the DBA in managing their SQL Server. DDL triggers allow you to trap all kinds of DDL events that occur on your server. S. Srivathsani brings us a look at these new events.

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Changing the Recovery Time

I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?

ALTER DATABASE Finance 
 SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;

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