Cell Phone Horror Stories
These are some stories that show the downside of everyone having cell phones.
2001-05-16
1,814 reads
Articles
Getting The Best From The Index Tuning Wizard
The Index Wizard is a handy tool shipped as part of the SQL 7 Profiler that can analyze a set of SQL queries and suggest index changes that could improve their performance.
2001-05-16
5,390 reads
Using DTS Global Variables
Global variables are a little known solution in Data Transformation Services (DTS). Often packages become "stale", where you must develop a package for each client.
2001-05-16
14,838 reads
Case Statement Tricks
The CASE statement is a very flexible tool. Here are just a few of the tricks you can work with it.
2001-05-15
14,835 reads
DTS Basics
In this article, we get you started with the core knowledge you'll need to transform your data using DTS.
2001-05-15
11,284 reads
Incorrect Reporting of Date and Time in Performance Log Files
If you use performance log data and need to conduct time-sensitive analysis, watch out for this little feature in Windows 2000.
2001-05-15
3,058 reads
Non_Continuous Replication
Replicating continuously minimizes latency, but at a cost. If you're replicated a lot of databases, read this article for some ideas about how to trade latency for overhead by runnig your agents in non-continous mode.
2001-05-15
4,724 reads
Tech Tales
There is a web site devoted to humorous tales from the tech
support field. Check out these samples and submit your own.
2001-05-15
1,233 reads
2001-05-15
1,918 reads
2001-05-14
1,466 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers