Find and Generate Missing Values in an Access Table
Access can offer a lot of help with missing values, but finding and generating missing values in a field of sequential values requires a bit of code. Find it here.
Networking - Part 3
Continuing the conversation I began in Part 1 & Part 2, today I want to ruminate some more on networking. I've had a good discussions about networking since I wrote the first two parts, with a focus on the value of networking.
Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server
Logging and recovery are critical parts of SQL Server, but they are often poorly understood. Paul Randal gives an overview of how the logging and recovery features work in SQL Server and explains the transaction log and recovery models to help you maintain a better database.
Using Views and Synonyms for Abstraction - SQL School Video
In this SQL School Video, Brian Knight shows how to abstract your schema with views and synonyms.
Blog: Disabling Log Shipping When the Secondary Server Doesn't Exist
Had a bit of an oddity show up during some testing today when trying to disable log shipping on the primary server using SSMS. My test scenario was such that our secondary server was not available any longer (had been renamed) and when I tried to disable the log shipping...
SQL Server Integration Services an Introduction - Part 2
This article is part 2 of a 4 part series that introduces SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This article shows how to use the Data Flow Task in SSIS.
Moving Tables and Indexes to Filegroups En Masse
Longtime author and SQL Server expert David Poole brings us a method to
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?