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SQL Service Broker, an asynchronous queuing and messaging system for SQL Server 2005, is set to change the way we design and run distributed applications. Adam Machanic makes it all seem so easy
SQL Server patch pros and cons
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Reverse Engineering Alias Data Types in SQL Server 2000 - Part II
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The Importance of Fraud Analytics
Organizations with mature business intelligence environments can integrate fraud analytics within their current environment to take advantage of processes and architecture that are already in place.
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Creating SQL Server Reporting Services templates
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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