2006-05-03
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Administration
SQL Server Agent 2005
SQL Server 2005 has brought about many paradigm changes, including substantial changes to the SQL Server Agent subsystem. Dinesh Asanka takes a new look at roles and counters in 2005.
2006-05-03
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OUTPUT clause in SQL Server 2005
A SQL Server 2005 feature that I appreciate and want to demonstrate is the OUTPUT clause. The OUTPUT clause helps in returning the actual data from a table soon after an insert. Applications require return values such as the new identity value, the computed column value or the default value generated by the default constraint.
2006-04-26
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2006-04-19
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SQL Server 2005's EXECUTE AS statement
In SQL Server 2005, you can explicitly or implicitly define the execution context. As we all know, a session starts when a user logs on to SQLServer or a connection to SQLserver is made. All operations in that session use the logon credentials used for connecting to SQL Server. When an EXECUTE AS statement is run, the execution context of the session is switched to the specified login or user name.
2006-04-17
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SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor
Have you started looking at what issues you might have migrating your existing applications to SQL Server 2005? If not then maybe as a first step, you should consider looking into what the SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor can do for you. This article will discuss what the Upgrade Advisor is and how to use it.
2006-04-14
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2006-04-13
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2006-04-12
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2006-04-07
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2006-04-05
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Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
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