SQL Server Performance Tuning with Hypothetical Indexes
Daniel Farina demonstrates how to create and test hypothetical indexes with the undocumented DBCC AUTOPILOT command.
Logging in Maintenance Plans
Enabling and Configuring Reporting and Logging for Maintenance Plans in SQL Server 2012
Database Delivery Patterns and Practices
The articles collected here will help you understand the theories and methodologies behind every stage of the database delivery pipeline, starting when database changes are checked in, and ending when they're deployed to production.
Survey: Which new database platforms are you adopting?
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Stairway to Database Source Control Level 2: Getting a Database into Source Control
In this level, we're going to continue the philosophy of learning by example, and get a database into our SVN repository. We will also consider our overall approach to source control for databases, and the manner in which our team will develop these databases, concurrently.
Traits of a DBA - Part One – The Technical Side
What does it take to become a database administrator, or what kinds of traits should I be looking for when I am hiring a DBA. Those traits can be summarized it two categories: Technical and Personal. In this article, Greg Larsen discusses the technical traits a DBA should have.
Display All Errors Fired in a Restore Procedure
Display all errors thrown within a catch block by a restore statement in a stored procedure using extended events
Try to focus on the positive
When we focus on negative things we get more negative. Be thankful for something positive.
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Multiple Sequence Values
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