SQL Server 2005 Best Practices

With SQL Server 2005 recently released, one of the things that many people are looking for are some guidelines for working with the new product. New author NandaKishore brings us a list of best practices that should give you a start.

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Intro to Database Mail in SQL 2005

Mail processing in SQL Server 2005 has changed substantially, including a new name, DBMail! Corey Bunch birngs is an introduction to this new subsystem, including HTML formatting.

Starting and Stopping SQL Server Part 4

Continuing with his series on working with SQL Server, Andy Warren looks at how long it can take to start or restart the services and why.

When programming SQL Server 2005 CLR user-defined types,...

Speeding up the VS/SQL User Interface Load Time

A frustrating thing for those who open and close Query Analyzer all day long about the new Visual Studio interface for SQL Server is the load speed. This quick blog shows you how to speed up the load time with a switch change.

When programming SQL Server 2005 DDL triggers, what...

Starting and Stopping SQL Server Part 3

Continuing with his series, Andy Warren looks at what it means for SQL Server 2000 command line parameters as well as checkpointing with this service.

Controlling Transactions and Locks Part 5: SQL 2005 Snapshots

This article will explore the new Row Versioning feature in SQL 2005, and the two new transaction isolation levels that take advantage of it: Read Committed Snapshot and Snapshot Isolation.

Arriving at Database Growth Factor in SQL Server 2000

It is highly recommended that you not rely on system tables in your application as the values and meanings many change between versions. But for an experienced person that digs into the system often and needs quick answers, these system tables may be a great source of information. Suresh Maganti brings us his recent adventure in finding a reliable way to determine the growth factor of a database.