SQL Server 2008, code name Katmai, was announced with the line Your Data, Any Place, Any Time. Should you wait for it? My advice: upgrade to SQL Server 2005 anyway.
SQL Server emergency? Email pinal@sqlauthority.com with URGENT in the subject line.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Error 2501 : Cannot find a table or object with the name . Check the system catalog.
Error 2501, cannot find a table or object with the name, is a common beginner error. Check the database with USE, the spelling and case, and the owner name.
SQLAuthority News – Author Visit – MIS2007 Part II – Database Raid Discussion
At MIS2007 we had a database RAID discussion: RAID 5 or RAID 10 for databases from 5 GB to 5 TB. Almost everyone picked RAID 10, even though it costs more.
SQL SERVER – Index Optimization CheckList
My Index Optimization checklist for Jr. DBAs: index columns used in WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY and JOINs, drop indexes you do not need and keep keys small.
SQLAuthority News – Author Visit – The 2007 Marketing Innovation Summit, Las Vegas
Notes from the 2007 Marketing Innovation Summit in Las Vegas, arranged by Unica: the agenda, the industry leaders I met and a few SQLAuthority.com readers.
SQL SERVER – Top 10 Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2005
Top 10 Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2005 from a TechNet paper by Cihan Biyikoglu: TableDiff.exe, logon triggers, forced parameterization, vardecimal and more.
SQL SERVER – 2005/2000 Examples and Explanation for GOTO
How the GOTO statement jumps to a label in the same T-SQL batch. My explanation for GOTO covers the syntax, the rules and when I still use it.
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