Building a Security Philosophy
SQL Server trainer and expert DBA, Andy Warren, thinks that everyone should have a philosophy about security. He starts this installment in looking about how to assign administrative privileges.
2008-08-12
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Andy Warren
Moving TempDB
One of the common questions new SQL Server workers ask is how they can move or alter tempdb. Andy Warren takes a look at the tricks involved with this special system database.
2008-08-04
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Rebuilding Stats: Twice or Not At All
Are you rebuilding statistics twice on your tables? Longtime expert, Andy Warren, shows why you might be asking more work of your SQL Server than is required.
2008-07-29
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Disabling Indexes
Expert SQL Server trainer Andy Warren brings us a new article on a lesser used feature in SQL server 2005: the ability to disable an index.
2008-07-22
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Mirrored Backups
One very interesting new feature in SQL Server 2005 is the ability to run backups to multiple locations, ensuring you have a second copy of the backup file if your first one were to be corrupted. SQL Server expert Andy Warren takes a look at how this feature works and the implications of using it.
2008-05-12 (first published: 2007-06-12)
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Moving Databases
SQL Server trainer and longtime expert, Andy Warren brings us a great article on one basic skill that every DBA should know.
2008-05-12
12,578 reads
Worst Practices - Not Using Primary Keys and Clustered Indexes
Two weeks ago Andy started his wildly successful series on Worst Practices. This week he continues that series discussing why failing to use primary keys and clustered indexes are worst practices. Agree or disagree, read the article and join the discussion. One thing you'll have to admit, reading an article by Andy is a lot more interesting than reading Books Online!
2008-05-09 (first published: 2003-11-10)
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Snapshots - Part 1
Longtime replication expert Andy Warren takes a look at the initial snapshots involved with replication and dives into an explanation of what's involved.
2008-02-26
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Management
Are you ready to move into management? The jump from tech worker to management is a large one and Andy Warren shares some of his experience in making the leap with you.
2008-02-18
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Computed Columns
Computed columns are an interesting way to cover some queries that might otherwise require a table scan. SQL Server expert Andy Warren brings us a look at this database design feature.
2008-02-12
12,970 reads
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers