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Some customers prefer to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 by detaching all databases from their SQL Server 2005 instance and then reattaching them to a completely new SQL Server 2008 instance. If you choose this upgrade strategy, you should be aware that you
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I’m happy to announce availability of an updated version of the SQL Server Partition Management tool – now offering full support for SQL Server 2008 as well as improvements in handling SQL Server 2005. The tool is available along with source code at http://www.codeplex.com/SQLPartitionMgmt
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SQLCAT members have published several tools on Codeplex and other places. They are all consolidated here at SQLCAT.com. http://sqlcat.com/toolbox/default.aspx
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As anyone working with partitioned tables knows by now, the process of creating stand-alone ‘staging’ tables to support switching data into or out of a partition can be a management challenge, especially if the design of the partition table or its indices
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The database system in a company that is growing internationally must support multilingual characters in tables with Unicode data types. Existing d atabases that support only non-Unicode information must be migrate d from non-Unicode data type to Unicode
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It's a new year and, with it, we come bearing gifts! We have a pretty significant update to SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer. It contains many new and updated rules for Analysis Services, a few important rules for the Relational Engine, a couple bug fixes for the UI and command line tools. And all of these rules have rich documentation telling you what need to know.
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When a business grows internationally, its database system must support multilingual characters in tables. Businesses that previously needed to manage only non-Unicode information must now support database tables that include non-Unicode data types such
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Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Using SAN Snapshots
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If you are view the XMLA script that is generated for an Analysis Services database, you will notice that there are both ID and NAME attributes. The reason Analysis Services has this differentiation is so one could rename an Olap database (which you could
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Author: Bren Newman Introduction When using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transactional Replication, the Log Reader Agent reads the log, constructs SQL statements for published articles and posts it to the Distribution database; the Distribution Agent reads
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/default.mspx Get the real-world guidelines, expert tips, and rock-solid guidance to take your SQL Server implementation to the next level. Drawing on the extensive experience and expertise
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SQLCAT Blog: Managing Schema Changes (Part 2) Question: What are best practices for managing schema changes in SQL Server 2005? What are the fastest, least intrusive techniques for high availability? Answer: In Part 1, we outlined the behavior of SQL
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Question: What are best practices for managing schema changes in SQL Server 2005? What are the fastest, least intrusive techniques for high availability? Answer: A common requirement as business requirements evolve over time is managing schema changes.
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SQLCAT Blog: Question: How can SQL Server 2005 help me evaluate and manage indexes? (1) How can I find out whether my indexes are useful? How are they used? (2) Do I have any tables or indexes that are not used (or rarely) (3) What is the cost of index
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Question 1: How can SQL Server 2005 OnLine Piecemeal Restore improve availability? Question 2: Can I recover a single object such as a table or specific partition(s) from a partitioned table? Answer: The question is how to get the greatest flexibility,
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