Identity columns are last years news. Have you experimented with uniqueindentifiers - better known to programmers as GUID's? Guaranteed to be unique in the world, they offer a powerful alternative to identity columns.
2001-09-17
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This is a broad overview of the DBCC SQLPERF command primarily for version 7 and 2000.
2001-09-17
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By default, network database files are not supported with Microsoft SQL Server. Here's a workaround.
2001-09-14
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This article describes how SQL Server 7.0 (Service Pack 1) OLAP Services takes advantage of the user and group structure in Microsoft Windows NT to offer cell-level security, and describes several ways to tailor permissions to data across the enterprise.
2001-09-13
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Professional SQL Server 2000 XML - Find out if this book from Wrox is as interesting as it sounds.
2001-09-12
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2001-09-11
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This white paper describes how to use the connection pooling objects included with the Microsoft XML for Analysis Provider to develop scalable client and Web applications for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. (11 printed pages)
2001-09-11
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Left over from the Y2K fiasco, but a good corporate memo that might still be useful as an alternative to XP.
2001-09-10
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If you see a priest outside your cubical, beware! He could be trying to read you your last rites. If he hasn't showed up yet, don't worry, he'll be over shortly because the production DBA is dead or will be shortly.
2001-09-10
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Learn the key basics of writing quality Transact-SQL code.
2001-09-07
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I’m hosting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at the 19th of December 2024, 6PM...
By Steve Jones
I looked at row_number() in a previous post. Now I want to build on...
Recently I received a cry for help over Teams. The issue was that an...
You can't handle the truth!! (about data integrity) A few good database administrators https://www.helpmasterpro.com/blog/a-few-good-database-administrators/...
I have installed Machine Learning with SQL 2022 Enterprise Edition and installed and configured...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item A Guide to SQL Security...
I have run this on SQL Server 2022 for the Sales database:
ALTER DATABASE Sales SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON (INCREMENTAL = ON)I then run this in the Sales database:
USE Sales GO CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON dbo.Customer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH INCREMENTAL = OFFThe dbo.Customer table is partitioned. How are statistics created? See possible answers