SQL Server 7 revamped Enterprise Manager to be an MMC snap in with many more capabilities and functions than it had in SQL Server 6.5. Dale Elizabeth Corey brings us a look at the top ten features in Enterprise Manager that you may not be aware of.
2004-11-16
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SQL Server has a great scheduling system in SQLAgent. But sometimes SQLAgent won't work or isn't available. Author Andre Vigneau has built a solid system for auomtating the management of SQL Server, one that he deploys with the software that his company sells. Read about the basics of this system and get some code that might come in handy for you.
2004-11-04
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2004-11-02
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SQL Server shows lots of information in Enterprise Manager, but getting a report for someone or manipulating this data is hard from the GUI. Using T-SQL, it's easier, but sometimes not obvious how to get the data. Author Santveer Singh brings us a way to get at some of that information, the users and their database roles.
2004-11-02
23,772 reads
SQL Server 2005, the next evolution of SQL Server, should be growing the capacities as well as the capabilities of the product. With some research, Steve Jones brings you the best current information he could find about SQL Server 2005, comared with the SQL Server 7 and 2000 values.
2007-01-26 (first published: 2004-11-01)
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2004-10-28
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Blocks in SQL Server can cause untold amounts of pain and headache, mostly because they are so transient and often when you go to look for them, they have been released on whatever object you are researching. Author Eli Leiba has writeen a short piece on how you can automate the search for blocking locks and help you as a DBA be proactive in identifying them.
2004-10-28
12,402 reads
Change control in SQL Server isn't the strong point of the product. And change control of server based settings is something that you might not worry about, but which can easily cause you hours of troubleshooting time. Author Andre Vigneau deploys software to other companies and has developed a solution to deal with this problem. Read on and get some code that can help you prevent or at least fix any changes to SQL Server sp_configure parameters.
2004-10-26
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2004-10-20
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2004-10-13
1,977 reads
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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
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