Peer-to-Peer Replication in SQL Server 2008 – Add a node and resolve conflict
Add a third node to a two-node Peer-to-Peer replication topology and learn how to resolve an update-update conflict.
What mechanism allows SQL Server 2008 to commit transactions on the mirror faster than SQL Server 2005?
Question: What mechanism allows SQL Server 2008 to commit transactions on the mirror faster than SQL Server 2005? This question was asked on a technical discussion group. My reply follows.
Imaginative Auditing with Rollback (Undo) and RollForward (Redo) Part II
Continuing with his series on using auditing information to roll transactions forward or back, David McKinney shows us how to generate audit triggers using XML.
June Triangle SQL Server User Group
The June meeting of the Triangle SQL Server User group features MVP Andy Leonard. If you are in the Raleigh area, check this out.
Staring you in the Face
Tools expand, some might say bloat, at an alarming rate and it's often the case that, in amongst all the clutter, the most valuable features somehow elude us.
Giving Your Best
It's easy to get into a rut at work, and easy to just attempt to get some minimum amount of work done each day. Steve Jones is inspired today to think about doing more.
Giving Your Best
It's easy to get into a rut at work, and easy to just attempt to get some minimum amount of work done each day. Steve Jones is inspired today to think about doing more.
Giving Your Best
It's easy to get into a rut at work, and easy to just attempt to get some minimum amount of work done each day. Steve Jones is inspired today to think about doing more.
To Date or Not To Date….
OK….so I’m in the middle of a very interesting Effective Dating project…basically we’re dealing with some tables that only store current data, but there is a need for future-dated data as well. Because the base table can’t hold that data...
Tuning Your SSIS Package Data Flow in the Enterprise (SQL Server Video)
This video demonstrates how to improve the performance of the data flow in an Integration Services package. In this video, you will learn how to tune the following phases of the data flow: Extraction, Transformation, Loading
Blogs
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A New Word: Dolorblindness
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Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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