System databases maintenance in SQL Server
Let’s talk about maintenance of system databases in MS SQL Server. There are a few differences from user databases.
At first let`s remember...
2015-08-12
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Single instance vs. multiple instances of SQL Server on a server
Let`s consider a situation when you need to build a server with SQL Server used by multiple client applications. Here...
2015-08-03
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Forgot sa password for your SQL Server?
It may happen so that you don`t know the password of sa user for SQL Server you inherited from somebody....
2015-07-31 (first published: 2015-07-23)
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Migration of a large enterprise from SQL Server 2000 to 2014. Real life case.
This is a first article in a series of articles about real life database and IT infrastructure migration project which...
2015-07-31
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Consequences of wrong database autogrowth settings
In this article we`re going to address the question about autogrowth settings of the database. To be more precise we`re...
2015-07-30 (first published: 2015-07-21)
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Boost your OLTP database performance with SQL Server 2014 in-memory tables
Today we can already say with certainty that the most striking innovation in the MS SQL 2014 is the In-MemoryOLTP. In-Memory...
2015-07-24
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How to close all active database connections in one shot?
While trying to restore SQL Server database or do any other actions which require exclusive database access you may face...
2015-07-20
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SQL Server: utilize partitioning to purge large tables
Sooner or later every DBA needs to purge old data from database tables. And it often happens that such tables...
2015-07-17
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Paging in SQL Server 2012
Paging is one of the most highly required features during application development process. Microsoft has introduced various features since the...
2015-07-16 (first published: 2015-07-13)
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Creating Clustered Index on a Table Variable column in MS SQL Server
If you need to create an index in order to improve performance of the queries running against table variable (@temptable)...
2015-07-10
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
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