SQLAuthority News – Download – Microsoft Sync Framework Power Pack for SQL Azure November CTP (32-bit)

This release features the SQL Azure provider for Microsoft Sync Framework, a plug-in for Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1 and the tool SQL Azure Data Sync Tool for SQL Server, all of which simplify using Sync Framework and SQL Azure together. Download Microsoft Sync Framework Power Pack for SQL Azure…
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SQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant 2008 for MySQL v1.0 CTP1

Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 2008 is a toolkit that dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating from MySQL to SQL Server 2008 and SQL Azure. Download Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant 2008 for MySQL v1.0 CTP1 Abstract courtesy : Microsoft Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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SQLAuthority News – Webcasts – Resources for IT Managers and their Teams

Pinal Dave and Jacob Sebastian are both SQL Server MVP are doing webcasts for IT Managers and their Teams. Join us for a 4 series webcast as follows: Part 1: Infrastructure and Resource Management for Business Intelligence – Jan 7 Part 2: BI on your desktop – End to end…
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SQL SERVER – Unique Nonclustered Index Creation with IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON – A Transactional Behavior

Earlier, I had written on SQL SERVER – Unique Nonclustered Index Creation with IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON, and I received a comment regarding when this option can be useful. On the same day, I met Jacob Sebastian—my close friend and SQL Server MVP, I discussed this question with him. During our…
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SQL SERVER – Unique Nonclustered Index Creation with IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON

In one of my recent training course, I was asked question regarding what is the importance of setting IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ON when creating unique nonclustered index. Here is the short answer: When nonclustered index is created without any option the default option is IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, which means when duplicate…
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