Featured Blog: CHECKDB From Every Angle: Can CHECKDB repair everything?
What can't be fixed by CHECKDB? Read this great entry from the former SQL Server Storage Engine lead.
2007-11-21
2,282 reads
Articles
Beginning Database Design - Spot the Flaws
A new series by Steve Jones that tackles a basic design of a few tables. Read the scenario, look over this design, and see if you can find the problems.
2007-11-20
8,782 reads
.NET Building Blocks: Build a Configurable Database Credential Selector
This handy control gives you everything you need to control how users input usernames, passwords, select servers, and choose connection types.
2007-11-20
4,108 reads
Enterprise Architecture: Connect-Dots for Adults, Part 2
This article, the second in a series, discusses what items could be contained in the enterprise architecture and touches briefly on how to organize the objects.
2007-11-20
2,301 reads
Monitoring on a Budget
Have you ever been asked for information you couldn't provide because you didn't have an historical monitoring tool? Try this
2007-11-19
9,161 reads
Declarative Management Framework - Performing Policy Management
The Declarative Management Framework is a new policy based management framework included with the upcoming SQL Server 2008. Using this feature administrators can define policies to govern their SQL Server environments much like in the Windows environment. This article, written based on the SQL Server "Katmai" July CTP introduces you to the DMF and shows you how you can perform policy management.
2007-11-19
2,087 reads
Importing Text-based data: Workbench
Robyn and Phil return with some fresh ideas about how to import text files into SQL Server, without resorting to DTS or SSIS scripting. They go on to show how much can be done in TSQL
2007-11-19
4,235 reads
SQL Server Job Scheduling
The scheduling system in SQL Server is quite flexible and powerful, but can be confusing at times. Peter He looks at some of the advanced options you have in automating the various jobs on your server.
2007-11-16 (first published: 2006-03-08)
42,408 reads
Create a Custom Test Interface Provider for Team Sytem
This article looks at fuzzy testing and how to build a provider for your own use.
2007-11-16
3,685 reads
SQL Server 2005 Database Options and Configuration Performance Audit Checklist
As part of your performance audit, you will need to examine each database located on each of your SQL Server instances and examine some basic database settings.
2007-11-16
4,384 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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