High Availability - Sample Chapter
Apress has been generous enough to provide us with a sample chapter from their book on SQL Server 2005 High Availability by Alan Hirt.
2007-10-03
1,417 reads
Book Reviews
A Replication Interview Book Review
Andy Warren has had a great deal of experience with SQL Server replication and just picked up a new book on the topic. Rather than the standard book review, he decided to conduct the review as an interview with the author.
2007-08-17
4,293 reads
SQL Server 2005 Books
There have been a huge number of SQL Server 2005 books released in the last year, but which ones are worth buying? Here are reviews
of three new books from one of the SQL Server gurus.
2007-04-11
10,070 reads
SQL Server 2005: Changing the Paradigm
With the release of SQL Server 2005, the paradigm of working with this database changed. Robert Pearl brings us a book review of the highly acclaimed book from one of the premier SQL Server consulting companies in the US: Scalability Experts.
2006-11-01
4,271 reads
Performance Tuning
Performance tuning is an art or science, depending on who you talk to. SQL Server guru Joe Sack has authored a book on SQL Server 2005 T-SQL and brings us the performance tuning chapter as a preview.
2007-10-23 (first published: 2006-10-25)
14,536 reads
First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
Impressions of this new book from Brian Kelley.
2006-03-20
2,672 reads
A Guide to SQL Server 2000 Transactional and Snapshot Replication
Two MVPs at one shot in this one. SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter has written a book on replication, one of the very few there are on this topic. And it's presented as a review by MVP Adam Mechanic, a regular visitor to SQLServerCentral.com. If you're looking for replication help, check out this book.
2005-04-13
7,221 reads
Book Review: SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit
This 1100 page book offers something for everyone. Using Blobs, Analysis Services, Replication, High Availability. 38 Chapters plus ebook and tools on the CD. Should you get it? Read our review of this book to find out!
2002-08-30
5,044 reads
Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2000
A new T-SQL Bible that is a must have for SQL Server DBAs. Read a review of this book.
2002-01-23
14,632 reads
2001-10-15
3,972 reads
Blogs
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Forums
Database file shrink issue.
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Multiple Escape Characters
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Question of the Day
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';
What is returned? See possible answers