In a previous tip on Disaster Recovery Procedures in SQL Server 2005 Part 1, we have seen how we can come up with a disaster recovery procedure in SQL Server 2005. There are other ways to increase availability of your highly critical database in SQL Server 2005. What are those other options?
Moving databases is fairly simple, but when you move a system database, there are a few extra steps to follow. MVP Brian Knight walks us through how to move temdb in this video.
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Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
Today many companies determine to publish their data on the Internet trying to expand their business and make their information more accessible. The IT industry proposes a wide range of original solutions for resolving data inconsistency problems that publishers inescapably face when exporting their data as they need to properly access, process and interchange large amounts of information mainly through the web.
Yan Pan explains how to set up proxies in SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and compares the differences between them
SQL Bits IV, in Manchester, UK next year on March 28th, is now looking for speakers. Please submit a session if you are interested.
Steve Jones is considering changes to SQLServerCentral and presents a few ideas today.
Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.
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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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