Getting The Best From The Index Tuning Wizard
The Index Wizard is a handy tool shipped as part of the SQL 7 Profiler that can analyze a set of SQL queries and suggest index changes that could improve their performance.
The Index Wizard is a handy tool shipped as part of the SQL 7 Profiler that can analyze a set of SQL queries and suggest index changes that could improve their performance.
Global variables are a little known solution in Data Transformation Services (DTS). Often packages become "stale", where you must develop a package for each client.
The CASE statement is a very flexible tool. Here are just a few of the tricks you can work with it.
In this article, we get you started with the core knowledge you'll need to transform your data using DTS.
If you use performance log data and need to conduct time-sensitive analysis, watch out for this little feature in Windows 2000.
Replicating continuously minimizes latency, but at a cost. If you're replicated a lot of databases, read this article for some ideas about how to trade latency for overhead by runnig your agents in non-continous mode.
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support field. Check out these samples and submit your own.
In the latest release of SQL Server, Microsoft has added a number of new data types to expand the functionality of SQL Server.
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