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Many of you have asked me the performance impact of: a) Running a default profiler trace b) Enabling page checksum Although there is only theoretical information available in BOL, Linchi Shea (SQL Server MPV) has some good posts on empirical analysis Read More...
Well, as mentioned earlier, the SQL Server Support team now has an official blog and I am busy blogging there. For all those SQL Server aficionados, I encourage you to visit our blog. You will find really good content out there which will help you resolve Read More...
We recently posted a blog about SQL 2005 Security enhancements, focussing on encryption and decryption. Check it out and let us know what you think. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/archive/2006/11/02/part-i-data-security-enhancements-in-sql-server-2005.asp Read More...
We are seeing this issue for many customers installing SQL 2005 SP1. Check out the resolution for it at our support blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/archive/2006/10/09/_1C20_Unexpected-error-occurred_1D20_-during-SQL-Server-2005-SP1-install_2E00_.asp Read More...
I wrote another article for Simple-Talk.com and it is available to view now. Fine Tune Your Database Design in SQL 2005 http://simple-talk.com/sql/sql-server-2005/fine-tuning-your-database-design-in-sql-2005/ Let me know what you think. Sanchan Read More...
We have recently added Reporting Services as a blog category for our SQL Server Support Blog. Would encourage you to check it out. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/default.aspx Read More...
Recently, I blogged about an issue with SQL Server 2005 tools. You might get the below error when using these tools: Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. Read More...
I am running a survey on Query Notification and would appreciate if you could fill it out. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/archive/2006/09/30/778143.aspx Thanks Sanchan Read More...
Well, I have been blogging at a new blog home. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/ This blog is setup by the SQL Server Support team at Microsoft and I have been blogging there for quite sometime now. Check out this blog for my latest writings. You will find Read More...
Sometime ago, I blogged about SQL Server 2005 installation and how you can use Add/Remove programs to add or remove components in SQL 2005. I recently published a KB article on this – KB 922670 . Please refer to it for more information on this topic and Read More...
Many customers have asked me if they can install SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 on the same box, side by side. The answer to this is YES. You can install SQL 2000, SQL 7.0 and SQL 2005 on the same box. However, there are certain special considerations that you Read More...
Today, one of my articles got published at Simple Talk Magazine in the UK. In this article, I take a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of implementing SQL Server 2005 Query Notification using SQLCacheDependency object in ASP.NET 2.0. You can take a peak Read More...
Well, the last month has been really hectic and I have been involved with a lot of stuff that I never planned for – as you can see, I didn’t get much of a chance to blog this month. But now that things are back to normal pace, I am coming back!!! Recently, Read More...
This is the first installment in my FAQ series. In this blog entry, I have consolidated all the questions that I have received from my readers about available disk subsystems in the market and their compatibility with SQL Server. I have tried to address Read More...
Just a quick note, Microsoft has published a great whitepaper on TempDB. You can download it here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/f/8/4f8f2dc9-a9a7-4b68-98cb-163482c95e0b/WorkingWithTempDB.doc I will add more blog content about TempDb soon. Read More...
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