Integrating Profiler and PerfMon Log Files
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A perspective from Richard Collins on the creation of a government IT profession in the UK.
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SQL Server 2008 New DATETIME DataTypes
This article is going to cover the newly introduced data types in SQL Server 2008 July CTP, and will specifically discuss the DATETIME functions.
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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