Not too long ago an ISV that developed solutions using SQL Server as the RDBMS, asked me how they could query a database as at a point in time. This was a relatively easy answer, thanks to the Database Snapshot feature. I was however surprised at the next question “Can we update the database snapshot?”
2011-12-21
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Second in the series of tools & techniques to help manage aspects Of Enterprise BI implementation.
2011-12-20
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2011-12-20 (first published: 2010-05-19)
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SQL Server has an issue when an INSERT fails that includes LOB data, SQL Server allocates space for the insert but does not reclaim the space on the failure therefore taking up more space than necessary. This tip walks you through an example of this issue and ways to resolve it.
2011-12-20
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Using Powershell to create color coded backup reports for all servers in your environment.
2011-12-19
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Tony Davis reflects on the existential angst felt by the DBA separated from his or her hardware.
2011-12-19
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DBAs are usually charged with the administration of Reporting Services, but are often short on guidance on how to go about such tasks as planning, documenting and troubleshooting those aspects that are specific to the SSRS service. Feodor Georgiev gives some tips, custom SSMS reports, and useful TSQL queries, based on his experience.
2011-12-19
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This article talks about why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it if you must shrink a database file.
2011-12-16 (first published: 2010-11-09)
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We often use excel for any running repetitive calculations since it is a very convenient user friendly interface which allows us to just enter a formula in a cell and simply drag and drop the formulas to generate a complete output.
2011-12-16
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2011-12-15 (first published: 2010-05-12)
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I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
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When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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