Pause for a Minute
Ever needed a pause in a script? Maybe want to retry something after a minute? This article gives a quick snipped of code that will help you implement a pause in your script.
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Advice on using COUNT( )
In this article new columnist Christoffer Hedgate offers his advice on what performs better, COUNT(*) or COUNT(column).
New SQL Server News Site Begins Beta Test
Come and help us beta test our new website! Eurgeeka is a central place to search for the latest in SQL Server news, articles and press releases from all SQL Server related websites. If you're a SQL Server solution provider or website, you can add your news for free!
Adding Linked Servers Using SQL-DMO
Following up on a question posted in our discussion area, Andy looks at how to use DMO to add and remove linked servers. Along the way he points out a couple 'gotchas' and throws in a cool tip about how to save a little time when you experiment with DMO.
Build Notification Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Notification Services is the premier platform for developing and deploying a new class of scalable Web applications that deliver personalized, timely information updates to a variety of mobile devices. Review the resources on this page for details.
Nightly Failed Jobs Report
Do you get tired of reviewing each SQL Agent notifications nightly to determine which SQL Agent jobs failed? Is there a significant number of SQL Agent job notifications that it takes a while to review each? Here is an alternative that allows you to have a single email report of all job failures.
Kill That Target!
Having trouble with a target server (TSX)? Steve Jones did in his environment. Read about how he worked around the issue to restore administrative capabilities.
SQL Server Extended Property Editor (SEPE) Released as Freeware
This program makes it easy to add and maintain extended properties for all objects in SQL Server 2000. Where as the Query Analyzer only allows you to maintain certain object SEPE allows all object to be maintained. This product is freeware for SQLServerCentral.com members.
Microsoft Platform Vaults into New Performance Territory
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition clocked an incredible 308,620 transactions per minute (tpmC)1 running on Windows .NET Server 2003, Datacenter Edition on an NEC TX7 server with 32 Intel Itanium 2 processors. The NEC system sets a new performance record on Windows, nearly doubling the best published 32-bit result. In addition, this Microsoft/Intel/NEC solution delivers the best price-performance of all results on the Top Ten performance list, at just $14.96/tpmC.
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
Forums
Having Issue deploying a report to an on prem server from PowerBI desktop
Using PowerBI Version1.25.9508.3237(January 2026). Installed Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Optimized for Power BI Report...
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
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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