A Look at ApexSQL Log
Reading the transaction log is challenging and one of the tools that enables you go get insight is ApexSQL Log. New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at this tool and how it worked in one environment.
Citrix MetaFrame, SQL Server, and the DBA
In this article, Brian looks at how Citrix MetaFrame can use SQL Server for its internal data repository. The basic operation of SQL Server in a Citrix MetaFrame installation is covered. In addition, Brian looks at how a DBA is an integral part of the support team for a successful Citrix MetaFrame farm.
Preparing the SQL Server 2005 Clustering Infrastructure
Before you even begin building a SQL Server 2005 cluster, you must ensure that your network infrastructure is in place. Here's a checklist of everything that is required before you begin installing a SQL Server 2005 cluster.
Should You Upgrade Your Current SQL Server Cluster to a SQL Server 200
If your organization is like many organizations, it may have some older version SQL Server clusters in production. If so, at some point you will have to make a choice about how to upgrade them to SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server Spotlight on Santeri Voutilainen
The depths of the storage engine must be some interesting places and we dive a little into them with our look at Santeri Voutilainen, one of the very talented SQL Server engineers who worked on the lock manager.
Upcoming Meeting for Southern New England SQL Server User Group
If you are near Rhode Island, there's a new user group available with SQL Server Guru Grant Fritchey presenting.
Database Design: A Point in Time Architecture
In most relational database implementations. Update and Delete commands destroy the data that was there prior to their issue. However, some systems require that no information is ever physically deleted from or updated in the database. In this article, Arthur Fuller presents a solution to this requirement in the form of a Point-in-Time architecture: a database design which allows a user to recreate an image of the database as it existed at any previous point in time, without destroying the current image.
Using BACKUP and RESTORE in SQL Server
This article covers the basics of full backup backups and restores in SQL Server. The examples are from SQL Server 2005 however it applies to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005. This is a very basic article covering full database backups, database restores and the simple and full recovery models.
Using Plan Guides in SQL Server 2005
In SQL Server 2005, there is a new feature called Plan Guides that can help out in some cases where you discover poorly performing queries that you don't have direct control over. Essentially, a Plan Guide allows you to add or modify query hints to queries on the fly, just before they are executed.
Retrieving Data as XML from SQL Server
All the hype that once surrounded XML is finally starting to die down, and developers are really beginning to harness the power and flexibility of the language. XML is a data descriptive language that uses a set of user-defined tags to describe data in a hierarchically-structured format.
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers