Optimise SQL Server queries with these advanced tuning techniques
Now that you know how to speed up your SQL Server database queries, you can start delving into some of the more advanced tuning options.
SQL Server Training at TCU
If you are near Texas Christian University, you might want to check out this training from a SQL Server MVP.
Obfuscation
Test data is critical to being sure your application works, but is production data ok to use in test environments?
SQLServerCentral Rules of Conduct
Being a part of the community means that there are certain standards that we'd like you to adhere to. Steve Jones brings you a few reminders of how to behave when posting in the community.
XML Workshop XIII - XSD And Variable Content Containers
Continuing on with his highly popular XML series, Jacob Sebastian looks at variable content and stylesheets in your SQL content.
RAID Scaling Charts, Part 3: 4-128 kB Stripes Compared
This is the third article that deals with analyzing the various possibilities involving various RAID setups and differing numbers of hard drives. We used the same hard disks again here: eight Samsung HM321KJ SATA/300 drives powered all of the possible RAID 0, RAID 5 and RAID 6 setups, with from three to as many as eight hard drives configured to use stripe sizes of 4 to 128 kB.
Serve SQL Data in XML Format
Ivan Pepelnjak describes a few ways to extract data from SQL databases and serve it to an AJAX application running in a web browser.
Data Ownership
Who owns the data that we generate ourselves? It's not as easy to answer that as you think.
Login creation in SQL Server 2005 for SQL Server Authentication Mode
Its a graphical representation of login creation in SQL Server 2005 for SQL Server Authentication Mode.
Usages of CONTEXT_INFO
How many of you have ever used SET CONTEXT_INFO in your SQL Server applications? Chances are it is not something you have been exposed to, but new author Yousef Ekhtiari brings us an example of how this particular construct can be used in your application.
Blogs
Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
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I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
GenAI vs Dashboards: Not the Same (And Never Will Be)
By James Serra
There’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more lately, especially as Copilot, Fabric,...
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Multiple Sequence Values
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Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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