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March 25, 2016
Why Every SQL Server Installation Should Be a Cluster
In this article, I’ll attempt to “convince” you that every SQL Server you put into production should be a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI).
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2016/03/25 (first published: 2014/04/15)
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When AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS Doesn't Happen
When your SQL Server database is set to have its statistics automatically updated, you will probably conclude that, whenever the distribution statistics are out-of-date, they will be updated before the next query is executed against that index or table. Curiously, this isn't always the case. What actually happens is that the statistics only gets updated if needed by the query optimiser to determine an effective query plan.
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Fixing Maintenance Plan Error code 0x534
This article shows you how to resolve SQL Server maintenance plan execution failure error
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2016/03/24
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Whitepaper: Database deployments: Choosing a state-based or migrations-based approach
This whitepaper explores the differences between the approaches, state based or migrations based, and how Redgate tools can help.
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2016/03/24
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The One 'Security' Feature in Oracle You Probably Shouldn't Use
Oracle offers a number of security-related settings, but one could definitely create more harm than good. David Fitzjarrell looks at which parameter that is, and why.
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2016/03/24
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Level 2: Datatypes and the Default Mask with Dynamic Data Masking
This article digs deeper into the ways that Dynamic Data Masking works with different data types.
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2016/03/23
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Step by Step Installation of SQL Server 2014 on a New Failover Cluster
Manvendra Singh gives a step-by-step guide to installing SQL Server 2014.
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Free eBook: Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views
Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) are a significant and valuable addition to the DBA's troubleshooting armory, laying bare previously unavailable information regarding the under-the-covers activity of your database sessions and transactions.
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Insert Stored Procedure Results Into New Table Without Using OPENQUERY
OPENQUERY arrives with a lot of baggage. Try this alternative technique to inserting stored procedure results into a new table.
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2016/03/22
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Better Ways to Build a Database
The purpose of a database build is simple: prove that what you have in version control can successfully create a working database, and yet many teams struggle with unreliable and untested database build processes that slow down deployments and prevent the delivery of new functionality. Grant Fritchey explains how to achieve an automated and reliable database build that is only as complex as the database system it needs to create.
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TOP 1 killed my performance; Rob Farley helped me resurrect it.
tl;dr; There is no short version of this. It’s LONG. It’s interesting but you might want to skip it if...
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2016/03/25
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SQL Data Generator –Specific Domains for a Column
I was mocking up some test data and wanted to limit my list of values to specific items. In this...
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The SIGN
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2016/03/25
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I have a list of numbers in a table, some positive, some negative.
MyID
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