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Monday, September 14, 2009 7:14 AM

Using Perfmon Data in Profiler

In SQL Server 2005 a great new feature was introduced into SQL Server Profiler – the ability to import Perfmon data. If you’re not familiar with one or both of those tools, SQL Server Profiler is a package included with SQL Server that can “watch” your
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Monday, August 17, 2009 7:53 AM

The Plan for Evaluating a New Release

SQL Server 2008 R2 is now out, and you can get the "Customer Technical Preview" or CTP here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee315247.aspx But it seems like SQL Server 2008 just came out! I'm still installing and upgrading it on the systems
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Monday, August 10, 2009 7:40 AM

Idera's Job Manager - Trying it Out

I've downloaded Idera's free Job Manager this morning and I'm going to play with it a little on one of my test systems. Job Management is a difficult thing to visualize, so the Outlook-format this tool has looks interesting to me. Has anyone implemented
Posted by Buck Woody | 7 Comments
Monday, February 02, 2009 9:50 AM

Check that database before you restore it...

I'm on my way to the city of Seattle this morning on the train and I ran across an issue with a database restore. I've been working with Service Broker and then put it out of my mind. I then backed up said database and restored it the same instance as
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:13 AM

Versioning the Database

If you write apps that hit a database that you own, then you probably want version control on the database itself. I always script out the initial database, and version that script. I also script the changes, and version those, and then script the entire
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Monday, May 19, 2008 9:11 AM

Simulating Multiple Connections

As I was giving a demo of the new multi-query capabilities the other day, I was asked how I had four Instances installed on one small, underpowered laptop. In fact, I don't - I have one instance of SQL Server 2005 and one Instance of SQL Server 2008 installed.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:24 AM

Setting up a Testing System

I build a new SQL Server just about every other day. As we write new software or fix bugs on old software, we create a new installation of SQL Server. Those of us who are testing the fixes, creating new features and so on have to install these new versions
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