Updated Freeware Product SQLExecMS Released
Oleg Dantchenko has updated his very successful freeware product, SQLExecMS to release 1.5. The new release has a new look, more features and is perfect for rapid development and quick DBA work.
2002 SQL Server Best of Breed Product Nominations
Welcome to the first SQLServerCentral.com SQL Server Best of Breed Product Awards. These awards allow you to reward the products that you feel are the best in the SQL Server industry. These awards are user nominated and users vote for the winners.
Maintenance Plans - Backups and Removing Old Files
Andy has written several good articles for us on maintenance plans - including some stuff that makes us a little more likely to use them! This week he talks about how and when old backups are removed by maintenance plans. A page turner! Well, it's only one page, but you know what we mean!
Query Recompilation in SQL Server 2000
Recompilation yields superior performance in some situations, although excessive recompilation can be detrimental. This article will discuss some of these costs and benefits, and will draw on contrasts between different versions of SQL Server to provide further context for understanding recompilation.
Results of MCDBA Survey
Ever wonder who an MCDBA helps? Andy has posted the results of a recent survey of MCDBA's conducted by Dr. McKillip of Southern Illinois University. It's interesting reading. If you have time read and add your comments to the discussion!
Red-Gate Survey!
Our friends at Redgate asked us to pass this URL on to our readers. It's a very quick survey, help one our great supports by following the link!
SQL Server Licensing Resources Resource Center
SQLServerCentral.com has now launched it's third Resource Center. This one focuses on giving the reader everything they need to know about licensing SQL Server. All links in this area are user contributed.
Review of SQL Server 2000 Programming (MSPress)
Andy sits down with an entry level book to see if he should use it at work as a teaching aid. Did he like it? Should you buy it? Read the review now!
Auto-Audit 2.0 Release Announcement
LockwoodTech announces release of Auto-Audit 2.0, an entirely redesigned upgrade to it's popular SQL Auditing tool. Version 2.0 supports plug-in, customized audit architectures, scriptable trigger templates, a trigger and data management module, real data reports, and online analysis of audit data with grouping analysis.
Tame Those Strings! Part 2 - Using CHARINDEX
The second part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL.
Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Free Online Sessions – Building the €100 DWH and Indexing for Dummies
I’m giving two online sessions soon on virtual events that are free to attend....
Forums
The Security of Old Tech
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Revisiting SQL Server Window Functions- A Practical Walkthrough
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Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
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Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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