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SQL SERVER – Interview Questions and Answers Sample Chapter Free Download – SQL in Sixty Seconds #050

This journey of SQL in Sixty Seconds we started almost a year ago and today we are at very interesting milestone where I am recording 50th episode. Thought I wanted to keep the length of each video to sixty seconds, sometimes it went up by a few seconds. Due to this we are also at very…
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SQL SERVER – Discussion – Scale-up vs Scale-out Architectures

Note: NuoDB is a complete re-think of relational databases with innovative support for the Cloud’s dynamic, asynchronous nature. Download NuoDB to experience the Scaling Out scenario discussed in this blog post. Scaling Up There are many different ways of scaling SQL Server to accommodate more transactions and throughput. The general scale-up approach includes:…
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SQL SERVER – How to Begin with VMware – Introduction to Virtualization

Virtualization has slowly crept in and made its rightful place into enterprises of all sizes and segments today. More and more organizations are realizing the importance of virtualization and adopting this revolutionary technology in its entirety. However, for a beginner, it is pretty confusing. The market is flooded with various vendors offering a slice of this technology in various forms and features.

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SQL SERVER – Using SSIS to Import CSV File into Salesforce Online Database with dotConnect for Salesforce from Devart

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I have previously written article how one can import a CSV file into a database table using SSIS package. This was a simple import operation when the CSV file structure corresponded to the table structure column-to-column. However SQL Server Integration Services is a very powerful tool that can be used for much more complex data import CSV operations.

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SQL SERVER – Remove Cached Login from SSMS Connect Dialog – SQL in Sixty Seconds #049

One of the most annoying thing which I have personally come across is drop down list of Server Lists on Connect dialog in SQL Server Management Studio. Here are two of the cases when I want to delete something from SSMS Connect Screen: 1) Incorrect server name typed 2) Server…
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SQL SERVER – Get High Availability with SQL Server 2012

The SQL Server 2012 offers a plethora of solutions for high-availability that assures 99.999% server and database Availability. These solutions enhance database and server availability, hide the failures of software or hardware and maintain application availability to curtail user downtime. It simplifies management and deployment of high availability systems with incorporated monitoring and configuration tools. It also enhances performance and cost efficiency of IT utilizing up to four Active Secondary. An SQL Server 2012 High Availability course helps you develop capabilities that contribute in taking your career to new horizons. Some of the key capabilities are utilizing standby hardware to the fullest, implementing disaster recovery and high availability and raising the total application uptime significantly.

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