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SQLAuthority News – Download – SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit
SQL Server 2008 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key innovations introduced in SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit will help you understand how to build web applications which deeply exploit the rich data types, programming models and new development paradigms ...
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More SQLServerPedia Syndicated Bloggers
Joe Webb, Jorge Segarra, and Stuart Ainsworth have joined our merry band of bloggers over at SQLServerPedia! Let’s meet the new folks. Joe Webb (Blog – Twitter) Joe’s a SQL Server MVP, former PASS Board member, and a funny guy. I can prove the last point with one of ...
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Tampa SSUG 5/19/09 Review
Tuesday night we had our monthly SSUG. Our special guest this month was Jack Corbett (aka unclebiguns) joining us from Orlando. Jack is a software developer for New Tribes Mission in Orlando. For his take on the evening check out his blog entry on the night. We kicked off the ...
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Are You Down With The BPA?
Yesterday I talked about installing the Best Practices Analyzer 2005 (BPA) for a client that I was working with. After some initial installation issues, I was ready to check out their SQL Server environment. While the tool was running, I started checking out the SQL Server event logs to see ...
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SQL Backup Cleanups(or Did your Moneybags Make it to Tape?)
I have long hated maintenance plans. First was because of the cryptic error messages when they fail. However, DBAs before me clued me into the fact they clean up files whether or not they make it to tape. The cleanup process is oblivious to the tape backup. This is really ...
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Overhead in Non-Unique Clustered Indexes
I’ve received a couple of questions regarding my article, Performance Considerations of Data Types, and the overhead associated with non-unique clustered indexes. I started to respond via e-mail, but my response was so long I decided to turn it into a blog post instead. I should start by clarifying ...
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PASS Webinar Today
Any time I hear the phrase “multi-dimensional” I think of something right out of a science fiction story. Attend this webinar with Cherie Sheriff today and learn about how you can use these objects to help determine if things are going well for your business. Multi-dimensional Modeling for Performance Management ...
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I’ll have a #4 combo with a side of wifi
I had Krystal for lunch yesterday. I don’t know anyone who actually seeks out Krystal for a meal, but I did yesterday. Not since college have I dined on those little square meat-like patties on steamed buns. And even then it was at 2:00am, when nothing else was ...
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