What is AWE? Address Windowing Extensions let 32 bit SQL Server use very large amounts of physical memory. Here it is explained in simple words.
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SQLAuthority News – 900th Article – 9 Best Practices – Important Milestones
Today is my 900th article on this blog. You can see list of all the 900 articles here. I suggest you go over the list and read any article you like.
SQL SERVER – Find All Servers From Local Network – Using sqlcmd – Detect Installed SQL Server on Network
Find every SQL Server on network with one command: sqlcmd -L or osql -L lists the instances on your local network. An update to my old isql script.
SQL SERVER – Practical SQL Server XML: Part One – Query Plan Cache and Cost of Operations in the Cache
A guest post from Michael Coles, author of Pro SQL Server 2008 XML: a practical XML demo that looks at the query plan cache and the cost of cached operations.
SQL SERVER – UDF – Pad Ride Side of Number with 0 – Fixed Width Number Display
SQL SERVER – UDF – Pad Ride Side of Number with 0 – Fixed Width Number Display. Let us learn more about this blog.
SQL SERVER – Interesting Observation of ON Clause on LEFT JOIN – How ON Clause affects Resultset in LEFT JOIN
Why does a filter in the ON clause on LEFT JOIN give a different result than the same filter in WHERE? Here is my answer to a reader’s question.
Trace Flags Worth Knowing About
Review trace flags worth knowing about in current SQL Server, distinguish session, global, and startup scope, and verify each flag’s support.
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