Changing Taxonomy
Steve Jones is considering changes to SQLServerCentral and presents a few ideas today.
How Would You Rate This? - Database Weekly (Dec 29, 2008)
Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
SSIS and Stored procedures using temp tables
SSIS has a problem with stored procedures that use temporary tables to generate output. This article describes a useful technique for working around this problem.
Finding a better candidate for your clustered indexes
When creating tables it is difficult to determine exactly how the data will be accessed. Therefore when clustered indexes are chosen they are often just the ID column that makes the row unique. This may be a good choice, but once the application has been used and data access statistics are available you may need to go back and make some adjustments to your tables to ensure your clustered indexes are providing a benefit and not a drain on your applications.
How Would You Rate This? - Database Weekly (Dec 29, 2008)
Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
Peer-to-Peer Replication in SQL Server 2008
This article describes the new Peer-to-Peer replication features in SQL Server 2008
Merry Christmas 2008
Steve Jones wishes the SQLServerCentral community a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!
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The Vector Data Type
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What Power BI DirectQuery does to your SQL Server (and how to fix it)
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The Vector Data Type
What is the vector data type in SQL Server?
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