SQL Server non-clustered indexes for query optimization
Optimize SQL Server non-clustered indexes and queries by considering index fields, compound indexes and SQL Server statistics' impact on non-clustered indexes.
Using the script task to dynamically build SSIS package variables
Expressions can be used to dynamically build an output file. Here we will show you another way to do this using the script task.
A New World Record
SQL Server 2008 sets a TPC record. And it hasn't even been released. This editorial was originally published on Mar 4, 2008. It is being rerun as Steve is on vacation.
Get a Return Every Time.
This article will show how you can produce a return regardless of variables passed and debugging tool for @SQL String.
Featured Blog: iFTS Manageability – Loading thesaurus files
MVP Simon Sabin continues his in depth look at Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008. This time he examines how you can load Thesaurus files.
Script Component as Data Source
In this article Dinesh Asanka demonstrates how you can use your own data sources in SQL Server Integration Services.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 16 - Transactional and Merge Replication
Marcin Policht provides a step-through sample implementation of transactional and merge replication.
Terry-bites
A new technology could be a boon for database servers, dramatically increasing the amount of memory available for SQL Server.
Terry-bites
A new technology could be a boon for database servers, dramatically increasing the amount of memory available for SQL Server.
Terry-bites
A new technology could be a boon for database servers, dramatically increasing the amount of memory available for SQL Server.
Blogs
The Mystery of the Locked-Up Database -Scooby Dooing Episode 6
No Scooby-Doo story is complete without footprints leading to a hidden passage. In SQL...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
By James Serra
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
The Challenge of Implicit Transactions: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw an article recently about implicit transactions and coincidentally, I had a friend...
Forums
Compatibility levels on database changing them and impacts.
We’re running SQL Server 2019 with database compatibility level 150, and after recent tuning...
Changing the Recovery Time
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Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers