Last year Andy wrote about turning off the log reader as a way to reduce the overhead on a server, primarily when you have many logreaders running. In this follow up article he talks about the downside of using this technique and how the behavior of the logreader can be "tweaked" to make using non-continuous replication a little less of a headache.
Object Scriptr v1.0 for SQL Server 7/2000 by Rac4sql has been released as freeware on SQLServerCentral.com. The product quickly generates creation and drop scripts and insert statements.
SQLServerCentral.com today launched its new members only product discount area. The section allows members to purchase SQL Server related products at a deep discount.
Microsoft .NET Framework Service Pack 1 provides the latest updates to the .NET Framework. Service Pack 1 is highly recommended for all users of the .NET Framework, including customers of Visual Studio .NET.
This article written by Don Church discusses how to optimize your cubes schema, its worth a read.
Find out how SQL Server 2000 surpassed its previous number one result for the SAP Sales and Distribution benchmark.
As I work with a particular topic or problem, I often research on the Internet different opinions, white papers, etc. Here is a list of resources that deal with the licensing aspects of using SQL Server.
SQLMatcher allows the user to compare Microsoft SQL Server DDL scripts. SQLMatcher is available in two different forms. The standard freeware version has just been made available for download on SQLServerCentral.com. The professional version is also available for download and purchase.
RAC is a native utility for MS Sql Server 2000 designed exclusively for data
manipulation.RAC can perform complex tasks while minimizing the need for complex
sql.RAC offers many computational options and has report writer features.RAC comes with a easy to use gui for novice users.
This article looks at the T-SQL CAST function and how it is used and preferred to CONVERT().
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