The Consistency Debate
Steve Jones wonders today if data professionals get a little too hung up on the consistency issues between servers.
Steve Jones wonders today if data professionals get a little too hung up on the consistency issues between servers.
I have transactional replication configured in production. The business team has a requirement to rename the subscription database. Is it possible to rename the subscription database and ensure that transactional replication will continue to function as before? If so, how could we achieve this?
In this article we will see how to rebuild system databases in SQL Server 2008 cluster that is failed to restart.
This past week the big news in the SQL Server space was the release to manufacturing of SQL Server 2012.
Developers targeting the SQL Azure platform should make sure their applications are secure. This article walks through the considerations developers need to keep in mind when designing SQL Azure applications.
The first SQL Saturday in Ireland on Mar 24, 2012. Come get a free day of SQL Server training.
Come to a free day of SLQ Server training on Mar 24, 2012 in Huntington Beach, CA.
Impementing iSCSI multi-pathing and redundancy policies
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know about the older versions you are running in your production environments. Are you still using SQL Server 2000?
An interesting result from a recent test of SSDs in SQL Server by Wes Brown. A surprising discovery is important for anyone thinking about using SSDs to know.
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I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
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It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
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