Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
Getting Fast Counts of Large Service Broker Queues
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How to make Net Meeting a success
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The Face of BI for SQL Server
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Check that what you expected is actually what you got - DB's and SQLCMD
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
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Skunk Works
The idea of a skunk works is to build a project that works under the radar, by a small and loosely organized group of people. Used to fuel innovation, this is an idea that you might apply to SQL Server BI projects.
Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
I want to take a closer look at one of the new features in SQL Server Denali. While...
SQL Server Unit Testing with tSQLt
When one considers the amount of time and effort that Unit Testing consumes for the Database Developer, is surprising how few good SQL Server Test frameworks are around. tSQLt , which is open source and free to use, is one of the frameworks that provide a simple way to populate a table with test data as part of the unit test, and check the results with what should be expected. Sebastian Meine and Dennis Lloyd, who created tSQLt, explain
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Question of the Day
Increase Deadlock Detection
How can I alter the deadlock detection interval to 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds on my SQL Server 2025 instance?
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