Years ago I was involved in a SQL Server 2000 -> 2005 migration. There was a 3rd party hardware interface application that would not connect to SQL Server 2005. From...

The purpose of foreign keys are understood by all here.

But, aside from it's impact on bulk load performance (typically not an issue for OLTP databases), can someone recap what...

Just curious what type of code changes would be needed for a MS Access application originally designed for SQL Server 2005 to support SQL Server 2014 ?

Of course the connection...

RonKyle (9/2/2015)

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We all just need to come to terms with the fact that application programmers have a need to locally persist things like shopping carts, messaging, or just generic objects....

We all just need to come to terms with the fact that application programmers have a need to locally persist things like shopping carts, messaging, or just generic objects. It...

I've seen cases when someone was attempt to use the Import Wizzard to load a table and accidentally checked the option 'Delete Existing' instead of 'Append', or where a miscoded...

Yuck, who let a sales repsentative for Red Hat wander into the data center? 😀

Apparently app programmers building a persistance layer think they're real database developers. 😛

First, use a schema comparison tool between the old and new database to confirm all indexes were migrated over.

Welsh Corgi (9/1/2015)

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Ed Wagner (9/1/2015)

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Finding performance problems can be difficult. Fixing them can be difficult. However, it doesn't usually matter how hard it is to find or fix...

Here are a few TEMPDB related scripts from my toolbox.

This...

Welsh Corgi (9/1/2015)

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Eric M Russell (8/31/2015)

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Welsh Corgi (8/31/2015)

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Eric M Russell (8/31/2015)

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TEMPDB will automatically shrink whenever SQL Server is restarted, which might be most reliable way to do this, if needed....

Estimating an IT development project help if you start with a framework. For example, in the home construction industry, unless you're going for a multi-million dollar Frank Lloyd Wright style...

The idea of telling a computer to do x seems more bounded and contained than other professions, but it's really not. This is often because developers don't get a complete...

I have some idea of what doo doo would happen without foreign keys.