Reduce Aggravating Aggregation: Improve the Performance of History or
Optimize the performance of a database which includes history or status tables.
SQL Server 2005 Express vs. Desktop Engine (MSDE)
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and the SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) are both free and redistributable. Each product provides a medium where database administrators can work between MS Access and the full version of SQL Server. But there are key differences to consider.
Why Data Models Do Not Work: The Role of Reference Data
There is an urgent need to acknowledge the limitations of data models and find a way to bridge the logical-physical divide between models and actual databases so that database designs can be fully understood.
The Cloud
I was interested to hear about Microsoft providing some services and storage in the "Cloud." I remember hearing about Amazon making disk space and computing services available to users.
What Could Go Wrong?
It's the law of unintended consequences: things happening that you don't expect from a seemingly unrelated area. This article talks about a data center having leaks from carpet cleaning above. The concrete floor had aged and the carpet cleaners dumped water on the carpet to soak it through and it leaked. I'm not sure how people have data centers below office floors, but I know I've had a number of them at different companies where I've worked.
How to troubleshoot Service Broker problems
In this one I'll discuss some of the problems that can arise and how to troubleshoot them.
Script Task Breakpoints in SQL Server 2008
One of the things coming from our look at SQL Server 2008 Integration Services is that you are not going to see a lot of change visually. What you are going to see is things going on underneath the covers that makes SSIS perform better, and improved informational messages from the components. Just such a change is seen in the Script task.
SQL Server 2008 - The Power of Merge
We have a first look at one of the features in SQL Server 2008 that was cut from SQL Server 2005, but which has been highly anticipated. How many times have you written an "insert new, update match" routine? Jacob Sebastion shows us easy this becomes with the new MERGE keyword in SQL Server 2008.
Making the Most of Operational Analytics with Enterprise Decision Mana
EDM solutions are a logical and often necessary complement to operational analytics.
Setting Up Delegation for Linked Servers
Learn how to set up delegation on your SQL Server instances, so you can use the impersonate options when setting up the security properties of linked server definitions.
Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
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Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
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I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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Question of the Day
Increase Deadlock Detection
How can I alter the deadlock detection interval to 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds on my SQL Server 2025 instance?
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