Powerchute 6.x User's Alert
If you run PowerChute 6.x on any of your servers, be very careful of patching and rebooting them. You might end up with more downtime and problems than you expected.
Business Intelligence with SQL Server Reporting Services - Part 2
A look at Parameterized reports, stored procedures to retrieve data and the Report Viewer.
Jacksonville - 2005 Code Camp
If you are near the Jacksonville, FL area on Saturday, August 27th, check out this code camp with our own Brian Knight. Get the chance to learn some great development from Brian and a few other experts.
The Basics of Cryptography Part 2
Encryption in SQL Server is difficult to implement and manage, but it is being required more and more often. However understanding what encryption means is as important as being able to manage and implement it. Michael Coles brings us part 2 in his series on explaining the mysteries behind cryptography.
Performance Monitoring by Internal Fragmentation Measurement
It has not been clear to what extent fragmentation, either internal or external, truly affects the performance of your SQL Server 2000 databases. New author Koby Biller discusses some of the impacts that it could have and has a free tool for download that can help you determine how fragmented your disk truly is.
Enabling Drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005
Discover the new Analysis Services 2005 drillthrough architecture. See how to set up drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005 and get guidance on migrating drillthrough settings from Analysis Services 2000 databases.
Single Point of Administration
Whether you write TSQL code or front end VB code against your SQL Server, it pays to have some good development practices that make your life easier. Jonathan Stokes has written a good article showing some of the good practices you should use.
Using TRY/CATCH to Resolve Deadlocks in SQL Server 2005
Deadlocks are unavoidable artifacts of today's RDBMS architecture–and all too common in high-volume OLTP environments. But thanks to .NET's Common Language Runtime (CLR), SQL Server 2005 provides developers with a new way to deal with error handling. In this month's column, Ron Talmage shows you how to harness TRY/CATCH to help resolve a deadlock.
Controlling Transactions and Locks in SQL 2000 and 2005 - Part 1
A look at controlling transactions and locks with hints and snapshots in SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
SQL Server Spotlight - Thierry D'Hers
Who builds SQL Server? It's an interesting collection of individuals and we're looking to bring you some profiles of them all. This time Steve Jones interviews Thierry D'Hers, leader of the BI group.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Lots of Postgres Options
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor is growing to include more than just Microsoft SQL Server monitoring. We...
Advice I Like: Experience and Aptitude
By Steve Jones
Experience is overrated. Most breakthrough accomplishments were done by people doing them for the...
Plan Time for Self-Development
By Brian Kelley
As you begin the new year, if you don't already have time set aside...
Forums
Remote query is taking 99% cost of local sp execution
So we have local sp in which remote table is udpated.this remote query part...
Remote query is taking 99% cost of local sp execution
So we have local sp in which remote table is udpated.this remote query part...
Replicas in Azure Managed instance
Hi, in my environment planning to create Replicas concept for Azure Managed Instance....
Question of the Day
Data API Builder APIs
What formats of API endpoints can the Data API Builder present to clients when exposing the database?
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