Cumulative Update – 13 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !
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Cumulative Update – 6 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
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How to Check SQL Server Evaluation Version Expire Date ?
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2013-09-16
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DMV-14 : Which Table has Max. rows & Size……..sys.dm_db_partition_stats
sys.dm_db_partition_stats DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187737.aspx
Returns page and row-count information for every partition in the...
2013-09-09
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Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
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2013-09-03
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Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2012 RTM Is Now Available !
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2013-08-26
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Data Purity issue after upgrading SQL 2000 to later versions
In SQL Server versions prior to 2005, it was possible to have invalid data values into a database. That can...
2013-08-20
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DMV-13 : Finding locking & blocking……..sys.dm_tran_locks
sys.dm_tran_locks DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190345.aspx
Returns information about currently active lock manager resources. Each row...
2013-08-12
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DMV-12 : Retaion in Session & Transaction……..sys.dm_tran_session_transactions
sys.dm_tran_session_transactions DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188739.aspx
Returns correlation information for associated transactions and sessions.
This DMV helps...
2013-08-06
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Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !
The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 11 contains all...
2013-05-22
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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