Finding the Source of Your SQL Server Database I/O
There are a number of ways of measuring and identifying I/O-related performance information for your SQL Server database instances.
A simple math expression solver
Ben Kubicek wrote a recursive function that solves simple math expressions in a select statement. Read about this creative use of T-SQL.
Helpful Advice?
This editorial was originally published on Feb 5, 2007 and is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. Is this the advice you'd give, or take, in a DR situation? Steve thinks it's not.
RC0
This week saw the release of RC2 of SQL Server 2012 and marks an important milestone towards the next release of SQL Server.
New SQL Server AlwaysOn Feature - Part 1 configuration
SQL Server has produced some excellent High Availability options, but I was looking for an option that would allow me to access my secondary database without it being read-only or in restoring mode. I need the ability to see transactions occur and query the secondary database.
IT staff would rather pocket $100k than blast off into space
Red Gate survey asks would you take cash or trip of a lifetime?
What's Your Title?
A career based poll this Friday has Steve Jones asking what your title is, or maybe what you think it should be given the work that you do.
Building a Scale Out SSRS 2008 R2 Farm using Windows NLB Part 4
Delivering reports is becoming more critical due to the increasing demand for business intelligence solutions. And while there are a lot of guides that walk us through building a highly available database engine, you’ll rarely see one for SQL Server Reporting Services. How do I go about building a scale-out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services running on Windows Server 2008 R2?
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More SQL Injection
Why are sites still being hit by SQL Injection on a large scale? Steve Jones talks about a recent large scale attack that affected over a million sites.
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
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Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
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SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry
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Running SQLCMD II
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers