In today’s article I have combined two different questions. I was fond of SQL Server Debugger feature in SQL Server 2000. To my utter disappointment, this feature was withdrawn from SQL Server 2005. However, because of loads of requests from developers it was re-introduced in SQL Server 2008. Let us learn about how to customize toolbars.
SQL SERVER – Performance Counters from System Views – By Kevin Mckenna
I just love social media and all the new concepts of Web 2.0. There are bloggers who are overwhelmed by the new concepts of technology and are not able to keep pace with it. But I like taking such challenges. Twitter has acquired tremendous popularity nowadays and just like everybody…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Using SQL Server 2008 Extended Events – White paper By Jonathan Kehayias
Strange it may sound but being a SQL Server pro has its downside too. Common information on SQL does not interest me, while a good document is hard to find. So the reader in me is mostly discontented and constantly keeps looking for interesting documents. Recently, I chanced upon a…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Order of Hotfix and Service Pack
On an average once a week I receive a question from my readers regarding what should be the sequence of hotfix and service pack. Not long ago, one of my regular readers who is using SQL Server 2000 asked me how can he improve the installation speed as he has…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Rambling of Author and Technology Musing – Bing, Google, Windows 7, Books, Blogs, Twitter and Life
I have been planning to write a general post on the latest technology for a long time but SQL keeps me so busy that I hardly get time. I know being busy is no excuse as everybody is busy with something. A manager is equally busy managing people as much…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – What is Interim Table – Simple Definition of Interim Table
Sometimes a simple question like “What is interim table?” can initiate a never-ending discussion between developers. I experienced this recently while I was on phone helping my friends working in Los Angeles. In a conference call, one of the developers kept on talking about “first interim table” and “second interim…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Connect Item – Vote for Feature Request Function TRIM
Till date, I have met the SQL Server Product Team twice: first time at SQL Server MVP Meet, Seattle, and second time at TechEd India 2009, Hyderabad. At both the times, I have put forth one request to the product team regarding implementing of function Trim(). As per my opinion,…
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