Have you ever needed to build a job that could run within a certain period of time? Those long maintenance operations, like index rebuilds, need to fit within certain windows of time. New author Joe Doherty brings us a great technique for ensuring those jobs do not run over into your business day and impact normal operations.
Are you interested in a raise? Asif Sayed got one from a well written report. This time he brings us a beginners' looks at Reporting Services 2005 using a smart client for testing.
Microsoft IT developed strategies to reduce the duplication of sensitive data and improve the security of personally identifiable information in the Microsoft IT LOB application space. These strategies are based on the new security features and functionalities that Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 includes.
In this article, we examine some of the best new features and characteristics available in the 2005 version.
Danny Lesandrini shares a block of code that will allow users to modify (and save) datasheet layout when they are using a compiled MDE version of your Access applications.
The next installment of our series on the developers behind SQL Server takes a few minutes with SQL Server Storage Engine export Slava Oks.
Need a quick KPI prototype, using Reporting Services / Analysis Services 2000 or 2005? BI Architect Bill Pearson leads hands-on practice in presenting simple KPIs to management with Reporting Services.
Performance Tuning can be as much an art as a science when working with SQL Server, but there are many fine techniques that can help you get started. New author Michael Morin brings a great new technique helping you get started on determining where the heavy I/O users are in your database.
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In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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