A Cynic's Top Ten Tips for IT Contractors
As autumn approaches, Patrick Index produces his ten hot chestnuts for IT Contractors like himself, with a jaundiced 'contractor's-eye view'.
2007-09-26
5,583 reads
Articles
Replication Statement Delivery Options - Part 2
Continuing with his look at transactional replication, Andy Warren looks at the various delivery options with a detailed analysis of what happens under various configurations.
2007-09-25
5,546 reads
RSS Everywhere
With the new codebase in place, RSS is pervasive throughout the site. Get a few hints here on how this works.
2007-09-25
2,251 reads
Four cool new features slated for SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 (code named Katmai) is scheduled to launch in February of next year, and the code isn't slated to be released to manufacturing until Q2 2008. But database gurus don't have to wait to get a sense of what's to come because Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2008 to the community for preview.
2007-09-25
7,293 reads
The Socialization of Knowledge
This article is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Business Metadata, to be published on or about September, 2007, co-authored by Bill Inmon, Bonnie O’Neil and Lowell Fryman, published by Morgan Kaufman.
2007-09-25
2,175 reads
Replication Statement Delivery Options - Part 1
Replication is one of the more useful features in SQL Server and can handle a wide variety of tasks based on his configuration. SQL Server expert Andy Warren takes a look at some of the default transational replication options in this article and what they mean.
2007-09-24
4,844 reads
SQLServerCentral.com - The Missing Manual
Lots of changes to the site, see how to work with some of them.
2007-09-24
1,955 reads
SQLServerCentral.com - V3
The third evolution in the history of SQLServerCentral.com is now out and available. Read all about the changes we've gone through.
2007-09-24
1,457 reads
DDL Triggers in SQL Server 2005
DDL Triggers are key improvement in SQL Server auditing, allowing tracking of events such as the creation of a new table, database or user.
2007-09-24
2,739 reads
10 Steps to Securing your SQL Server
Securing your SQL Server can be an arduous task, but very rewarding. This article covers 10 steps to properly protecting your data.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2003-04-03)
45,697 reads
Blogs
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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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