What are the differences between SQL Server 2000 and 2005? It's a question that DBAs are often asked by those who don't work with SQL Server on a daily basis. Steve Jones begins a short series on the differences by examining some of the core administrative differences.
2008-05-08 (first published: 2007-05-15)
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Have you ever misconfigured your SQL Server's memory and been unable to start it? That happened to new author Jay Dave, who has the Data Center edition of SQL Server 2000 with a whopping 36GB of RAM. Here's how to get your instance back up and running.
2008-04-14 (first published: 2007-05-10)
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2007-05-07
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2007-05-04
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2007-05-01
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Having a consistent SQL Server environment is important. Gregory Larsen discusses one method of scripting your installation to ensure all of your SQL Server 2005 machines are set up the same.
2007-04-27
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The Maintenance Plan Wizard is a graphical interface for creating a variety of database housekeeping tasks. This article focuses on using SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Plan Wizard for creating Database Backup operations.
2007-04-25
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2019-05-30 (first published: 2007-04-23)
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DBAs have always been warned against using system tables in their code, but often there has been no other way to get information about the server. In SQL Server 2004, Dynamic Management Views have been provided that give you insight into almost every aspect of SQL Server. S. Srivathsani brings us a look at some of the DMVs and functions you can use.
2008-03-18 (first published: 2007-04-23)
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Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 has had a few issues and one of the big ones is maintenance plans. Longtime DBA and developer Robert Pearl, of Pearl Knowledge Solutions brings us a fix for your maintenance plans.
2007-04-18
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