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SQLAuthority News – Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server

November 14, 2009

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server Writers: Jimmy May, Denny Lee Contributors: Mike Ruthruff, Robert Smith, Bruce Worthington, Jeff Goldner, Mark Licata, Deborah Jones, Michael Thomassy, Michael Epprecht, Frank McBath, Joseph Sack, Matt Landers, Jason McKittrick, Linchi Shea, Juergen Thomas, Emily Wilson, John Otto, Brent Dowling Technical Reviewers:…

SQL SERVER – Policy Based Management – Create, Evaluate and Fix Policies

November 13, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database, Policy Management, Software Development, SQL Scripts

Introduction This article will cover the most spectacular feature of SQL 2008 – Policy-based management and how the configuration of SQL Server with policy-based management architecture can make a powerful difference. Policy based management is loaded with several advantages. It can help you implement various policies for reliable configuration of…

SQL SERVER – Disable CHECK Constraint – Enable CHECK Constraint

November 12, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Index, SQL Scripts

Foreign Key and Check Constraints are two types of constraints that can be disabled or enabled when required. This type of operation is needed when bulk loading operations are required or when there is no need to validate the constraint. The T-SQL Script that does the same is very simple.…

SQL SERVER – Sharepoint Resource Available for SQL Server

November 11, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SharePoint, SQL Documentation, SQL White Papers

Here is quick list of the tools which are available for SQL Server and Sharepoint. These are recently updated resources from Microsoft. External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint This solution allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoito deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your…

SQL SERVER – Removing Key Lookup – Seek Predicate – Predicate – An Interesting Observation Related to Datatypes

November 9, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Index, SQL Scripts

Recently, I have been working on Query Optimization project. While working on it, I found the following interesting observation. This entire concept may appear very simple, but if you are working in the area of query optimization and server tuning, you will find such useful hints. Before we start, let…

SQL SERVER – Stored Procedure are Compiled on First Run – SP taking Longer to Run First Time

November 8, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Cache, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

During the PASS summit, one of the attendees asked me the following question. Why the Stored Procedure takes long time to run for first time? The reason for the same is because Stored Procedures are compiled when it runs first time. When I answered the same, he replied that Stored…

SQLAuthority News – Data Compression Strategy Capacity Planning and Best Practices

November 7, 2009

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

SQL Data Storage, SQL White Papers

Data Compression: Strategy, Capacity Planning and Best Practices SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Sanjay Mishra Contributors: Marcel van der Holst, Peter Carlin, Sunil Agarwal Technical Reviewer: Stuart Ozer, Lindsey Allen, Juergen Thomas, Thomas Kejser, Burzin Patel, Prem Mehra, Joseph Sack, Jimmy May, Cameron Gardiner, Mike Ruthruff, Glenn Berry (SQL Server…