SQL SERVER – Difference Temp Table and Table Variable – Effect of Transaction

Few days ago I wrote an article on the myth of table variable stored in the memory—it was very well received by the community. Read complete article here: SQL SERVER – Difference TempTable and Table Variable – TempTable in Memory a Myth. Today, I am going to write an article…
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SQL SERVER – Whitepaper SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search: Internals and Enhancements

SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search: Internals and Enhancements SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Fernando Azpeitia Lopez, Microsoft Corp. Published: July 2008 Database systems must go beyond the traditional realm of relational data by covering an increasing amount and variety of unstructured and semistructured information, be it speech, documents, XML, bioinformatics,…
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SQL SERVER – CDC and TRUNCATE – Cannot truncate table because it is published for replication or enabled for Change Data Capture

Few days ago, I got the great opportunity to visit Bangalore Infosys. Please read the complete details for the event here: SQLAuthority News – Notes from TechDays 2009 at Infosys, Bangalore. I mentioned during the session that CDC is asynchronous and it reads the log file to populate its data.…
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SQL Authority News – Training SQL Server Query Optimization And Performance Tuning

Earlier this year we had offered Query Optimization course and it was sold out in minutes. Due to popular demand we are offering the same course in the very first week of next year. The title of the course is ‘MS SQL Server Query Optimization And Performance Tuning‘.

This three day course is an intensive course designed to give attendees an in-depth look at the query optimization and performance tuning concepts and methods found in SQL Server. This course is designed to prepare the SQL Server developers and administrators for a transition to SQL Server while discussing best practices for a variety of topics.

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