Speed Tips For Select Statements
This article by Neil Boyle examines techniques for speeding up your queries by writing better T-SQL.
Professional SQL Server 2000 DTS Review
Steve Jones reviews the premier DTS reference for SQL Server 2000.
SQL Server 7.0 and OLE DB Heterogeneous Queries
This article discusses queries that involve more than one database server. For example, you can run a query that returns a joined recordset where some records come from a SQL Server™ database and others come from an AS/400 machine.
Speedy Database Recovery with Differential Backups
Differential backups are a new feature in SQL 7 that can speed up your recovery times when restoring from database and transaction log backups.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reliability
Lots of people are designing and building Microsoft Windows-based apps with previously unimagined reliability. Starbucks, GMAC, and FreeMarkets.com all have case studies demonstrating five nines. So, how are these companies able to achieve these levels of reliability?This month I am going to show you how to use standard Microsoft Windows technologies to make your Microsoft SQL Server™ app just like Denny's—“always open” and ready for business.
Complex updates using the Case statement
One of the keys to database performance if keeping your transactions as short as possible. In this article we will look at a couple of tricks using the CASE statement to perform multiple updates on a table in a single operation.
Put Advanced SQL Server Features To Work
SQL is the lingua franca of server-side Web data apps. Some of the advanced features of SQL joins, views, rankings, and computed columns can drastically simplify your code.
Missing Temp Tables
In part one of a two part article, Andy Warren challenges the readers of SQLServerCentral.com to solve a problem involving ADO and SQL Server. Are you up to the challenge?
Scrubbing Data With DTS : Part 1
When trying to implement data from an external source, very rarely do you receive the data in perfect condition. In part one of this series, we show you how to clean your data using DTS.
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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