Katmai Manageability
The database manages itself. Not totally, but close to it. It was an
analogy made by Dan Jones with cars. Auto...
2007-06-06
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Blog Posts
Southern BBQ
Last night I went out with Tony Davis of Simple Talk and Alan White, a
longtime author for both here and...
2007-06-06
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SQL Server 2005 Security
It's a similar theme, off by default if it makes sense, minimize surface area.
Recommendations: for new installs, leave stuff off...
2007-06-06
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Beyond Relational
I missed this yesterday, but I saw it on the schedule again, and I knew
I had to make this one....
2007-06-05
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DBCC Internals
CHECKDB
- needs consistent view of the db. Needs to do this without locking. In
SQL Server 2000 log analysis is used....
2007-06-05
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Maintenance in SS2K5
Andrew Kelley from Solid Quality Learning did this one, which was good.
I was worried it would be about maintenance plans,...
2007-06-05
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Reunion
We're not partners anymore in SQLServerCentral.com, but Andy, Brian,
and myself got together last night for dinner. We haven't seen each
other...
2007-06-05
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SQL Server 2005 Tools
A good talk on the tools from the guy that's responsible for SSMS,
Configuration Manager, Maintenance plans, Surface Area Configuration
Wizard, and...
2007-06-05
613 reads
SQL Server Always On
Everyone wants 5 9's of uptime, 24x7 support, and instant fixes for
issues with their database server. Never mind that I'd...
2007-06-05
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Clustered Index Seek or Key Lookup
When I teach performance tuning I always remind students to be cautious about service packs because things you "know" may...
2007-06-04
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Blogs
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Solving SQL Server Mysteries with a Whole Gang of Sleuths -Scooby Dooing Episode 4
One thing I’ve always loved about the Scooby-Doo cartoon is that he never solved...
SQL Server Availability Groups
By Kevin3NF
Flexibility and Scale at the Database Level When SQL Server 2012 introduced Availability Groups...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Jobs
Hello SQL Server 2022 16.0.4212.1 running on a Windows Server 2025 Std,V 24H2, SO...
how to optimise whole database full of table and sp in one go using githubcopilo
i have subscription of github copilot which i can access in vs 2022 comunity...
Password Guidance
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Using table variables in T-SQL
What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?
declare @t1 table (id int); insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3); select count(*) from @t1 where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;See possible answers