As you advance in your skills as a Transact-SQL developer or SQL Server database administrator there will come a time when you need to override SQL Server's locking scheme and force a particular range of locks on a table. This article by Randy Dyess shows you how to optimize your queries using table hints.
2002-04-15
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"Certification mania" has hit IT, big-time. Many employers look for certification in potential employees and especially in IT contractors. If you're a data administrator or DBA, you have to consider: could DBA certification enhance my career? Would it deepen my knowledge and increase my value to my company?
2002-04-12
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This article demonstrates the ability to use the XML DOM on the client-side browser.
2002-04-11
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2002-04-10
2,330 reads
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 are located both on SQLServerCentral.com and other sites that I have found useful.
2002-04-08
5,530 reads
The core components to Microsoft XML parser have been updated and released to market. The update contains many bug fixes, new features and enhancements to performance.
2002-04-05
4,122 reads
Steve Jones continues his series on string manipulation. This articles examines the issues of quotes when implementing dynamic SQL.
2002-04-04
7,642 reads
2002-04-03
2,234 reads
Ever been placed into a new environment and couldn't
find an ounce of documentation? This article is the first in a series that will help you make an audit of your new environment
and determine if any SQL Server login does not have a password, has a password the same as the login name or a password that is only one character long.
2002-04-02
10,428 reads
This article is a case study of a performance problem at SQLServerCentral.com with our FAQ area using text columns. This will show you how to use the TEXT IN ROW feature built into SQL Server 2000 to improve the performance of these columns.
2002-04-01
6,596 reads
I had an excellent group of people in Gothenburg Sweden when I taught there...
By Steve Jones
How can I quickly get a CU patch for a system that’s out of...
Data analysis is all about wrangling massive datasets. To do that efficiently, you need...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GIT Configuration and Automated Release...
hi a peer of mine recalls an error in an edi app that often...
Hello SSC! First, I would like to thank everyone who has responded to my...
I have created these triggers in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TRIGGER triggertest_tri_1 ON dbo.triggertest FOR INSERT AS PRINT 'one' GO CREATE TRIGGER triggertest_tri_2 ON dbo.triggertest FOR INSERT AS PRINT 'two' GOI want to be sure that the trigger with "1" runs first. I decide to run this:
EXEC sp_settriggerorder@triggername = 'triggertest_tri_1', @order = 'first'What happens? See possible answers