Ten steps to migrate databases between servers in a .Net environment
How to move databases from one server to another with limited downtime
2009-08-17
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Edward Elliott
Capturing I/O patterns using Process Monitor
In this article, Edward Elliot shows us how to capture the types, size and location of SQL Server I/O requests.
2009-06-23
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What is sysprocesses and what can it do for you?
This article presents a description of sysprocesses aimed at the newer DBAs. From new author Edward Elliot, he dives into what you can learn from this system view.
2009-05-01
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An Extra Defense For SQL Injection Attacks
TDSe-cure is a proxy service to SQL Server to block SQL injection attacks.
2009-01-07
3,021 reads
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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