My article in SQL Server Magazine December 2007 helps you brush up on FILLFACTOR, ISNULL, NULLIF and % as a wildcard and operator. The link has since moved.
Finding the Right System View for the Question You Have
Choose SQL Server system views by the question they answer, distinguish catalog metadata from runtime counters, and understand reset boundaries.
SQL SERVER – Database Interview Questions and Answers Complete List
My Database Interview Questions and Answers series in one list, from the introduction through part 6, plus a complete list download and a link to the update.
SQL SERVER – Correct Syntax for Stored Procedure SP
What is the correct syntax for stored procedure code? Anything between BEGIN and END is part of the procedure, and anything after GO is not, as my examples show.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – List All Stored Procedure in Database
Want to see all stored procedure in database at once? Run SELECT * FROM sys.procedures. This simple query works only with SQL Server 2005.
SQL SERVER – Rules of Third Normal Form and Normalization Advantage – 3NF
What is Third Normal Form and what is its advantage? I ask this in every interview I take. Here are the rules of 3NF and its cost in performance.
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Compact 3.5 Downloads and ReportViewer Visual Studio Download
SQL Server Compact 3.5 downloads in one place: Books Online and samples, the Windows Mobile install, and the ReportViewer Visual Studio download.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Advise – From 2000 to 2005 or 2008
Should you upgrade from 2000 to 2005 or 2008? My advice: move to SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 now, as SQL Server 2008 needs time to settle.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – November CPT5 New Improvement
What is new in the SQL Server 2008 November CPT5 build: IntelliSense, Resource Governor, backup compression, Transparent Data Encryption and geo-spatial support.
SQL SERVER – Shrinking Truncate Log File – Log Full – Part 2
About a year ago, I wrote SQL SERVER – Shrinking Truncate Log File – Log Full. I was just going through some of the earlier posts and comments.