Microsoft SQL Server Tips & Tricks

Consider a scenario where SQL 2000 has been uninstalled and Hotfixes are still visible. In my case it was hotfix 2050 and 2273. One will find the hotfix components visible in the ADD\REMOVE program. In that scenario attempts of removing the hotfixes are Read More...

With Sql server 2000 and 2005 computed columns can be use to improve the performance of queries since without the computed columns, indexes cannot be used as explained in the following blog by one of our Escalation Engineer Jack Li. http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2009/03/09/how-to-use-computed-columns-to-improve-query-performance.aspx Read More...

Consider the following scenario where you upgraded a database from sql server 2000 to sql server 2005 instance and changed the compatibility of the database to 90 and now you wish to drop the Full Text catalog which was originally created in the sql server Read More...