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• SQL Server Column Considerations and Column Placement

  Determining which columns to select for your indexes is critical. Having a little knowledge of how your application is using your database columns and how SQL Server processes indexes helps you make good decisions when you create your indexes.

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• Stairway to Database Design STEP 2: Domains, Constraints and Defaults

  A clear understanding of SQL Data Types and domains is a fundamental requirement for the Database Developer, but it is not elementary. If you select the most appropriate data type, it can sidestep a variety of errors. Furthermore, if you then define the data domains as exactly as possible via constraints, you can catch a variety of those problems that would otherwise bedevil the work of the application programmer.

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• Stairway to SQL Server Agent: Step 1: Setup and Overview

  SQL Server Agent is a Microsoft Windows service that allows a DBA to automate administrative tasks. SQL Server Agent can run jobs, monitor SQL Server, and process alerts. The SQL Server Agent service must be running before any jobs scheduled to execute automatically can be run Free trial of SQL Backup™“SQL Backup was able to cut down my backup time significantly AND achieved a 90% compression at the same time!” Joe Cheng. Download a free trial now.

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• Viewing VMware Counters in PerfMon for SQL Server

  I want to ensure that my SQL Server on a VMware Guest OS is getting the resources it should. This would go a long way towards helping isolate the performance problems we're experiencing. However, our system administrators won't give us access to VirtualCenter or any of the tools they use. Is there anything I can do? Check out this tip to learn more. ‘The Case of the Missing Index’Discover the Top 5 hard-earned lessons of a DBA, presented by The DBA Team. Learn from lesson one now.

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• Free eBook: SQL Server Transaction Log Management

  When a SQL Server database is operating smoothly and performing well, there is no need to be particularly aware of the transaction log, beyond ensuring that every database has an appropriate backup regime and restore plan in place. When things go wrong, however, a DBA's reputation depends on a deeper understanding of the transaction log, both what it does, and how it works. Get to grips with SQL Server replicationIn this new eBook Sebastian Meine gives a hands-on introduction to SQL Server replication, including implementation and security. Download free ebook now.

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• SQL Saturday #169 - Denver

  Come join Steve Jones, Glenn Berry, and other Denver area MVPs and speakers for a free day of training in Denver on Sept 22, 2012. Keep your database and application development in syncSQL Connect is a Visual Studio add-in that brings your databases into your solution. It then makes it easy to keep your database in sync, and commit to your existing source control system. Find out more.

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• SQL in the City - Seattle 2012

  Start the week in Seattle off with a free day of training on Nov 5, 2012 with SQL in the City. Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and more will be talking SQL Server in the Pacific Northwest. Join us and debate and discuss SQL Server the Red Gate Way. Are you sure you can restore your backups? Run full restore + DBCC CHECKDB quickly and easily with SQL Backup Pro's new automated verification. Check for corruption and prepare for when disaster strikes. Try it now.

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• Sins of SQL: The Time Table

  Steve Gray discusses one of the oldest OLAP techiques for representing the time dimension - and shows why it's a lot easier to stick to DATETIME values.

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• SSIS Packages - the Simplest Way to Create Them

  Martin Policht delves deeper into the specifics of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2's Integration Services by presenting the most straightforward method of creating SSIS packages using Import and Export Wizard.

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• SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Unattended Execution of SSIS Packages

  Quite often, tasks accomplished via SSIS are a part of procedures that run unattended, either scheduled to launch at a particular date and time or triggered by some arbitrarily chosen event. Marcin Policht shares a typical approach to implementing such a scenario. 12 essential tools for database professionalsThe SQL Developer Bundle contains 12 tools designed with the SQL Server developer and DBA in mind. Try it now.

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• Report Builder 3.0: Adding Matrices to Your Reports

  It is easy to create a basic matrix in Report Builder. However, it takes some practice in order to format and dispay the matrix exactly how you want it. There are a large number of options available to enhance the matrix and Robert Sheldon provides enough information to get you the point where you can experiment easily. Make working with SQL a breezeSQL Prompt 5.3 is the effortless way to write, edit, and explore SQL. It's packed with features such as code completion, script summaries, and SQL reformatting, that make working with SQL a breeze. Try it now.

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• Repair Corruption Using the Mirror Database in SQL 2005

  Explanation of how to repair a database in SQL 2005 Enterprise which is mirrored.

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• Exploring Derived Column Transformation in SQL Server Integration Services

  Marcin Policht examines SQL Server Integration Services' component, Derived Column Transformation,and how its usefulness is enhanced by its ability to implement fairly elaborate mathematical, logical, and string operations.

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• T-SQL: Why “It Depends”

  Why does everyone use "it depends" as an answer to many T-SQL questions? Bob Hovious brings us a short example of how performance can change based on data loads for the same code.

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• SQL Saturday #38 - Jacksonville Call for Speakers

  If you want to speak at SQL Saturday #38 in Jacksonville, FL on May 8, 2010, there's still time to submit a session.

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• Database Deployment: The Bits - Getting Data In

  Quite often, the database developer or tester is faced with having to load data into a newly created database. What could be simpler? Quite a lot of things, it seems. SQL Backup Pro wins Gold Community Choice AwardFind out why the SQL Server Community voted SQL Backup Pro 'Best Backup and Recovery Product 2012'. Get faster, smaller, fully verified backups. Download a free trial now.

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• Stairway to T-SQL DML Level 12: Using the MERGE Statement

  The final level of this stairway looks at the MERGE statement in detail, focusing on how to perform insert, update and delete logic using the MERGE statement. An accidental DBA? Try SQL MonitorUse the 30-day full product free trial to get easy-to-understand insights into SQL Server, and get suggestions on how to solve the type of issues that are uncovered. Begin your free trial.

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• SQL Injection: How it Works and How to Thwart it

  This is an extract from the book Tribal SQL. In this article, Kevin Feasel explains SQL injection attacks, how to defend against them, and how to keep your Chief Information Security Officer from appearing on the nightly news. NEW! The DBA Team in The Girl with the Backup TattooPina colada in the disk drives! How could any DBA do such a thing? And can the DBA Team undo the damage? Find out in Part 2 of their new series, 5 Worst Days in a DBA’s Life. Read the new article now.

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• Partitioned Tables, Indexes and Execution Plans: a Cautionary Tale

  Table partitioning is a blessing in that it makes large tables that have varying access patterns more scalable and manageable, but it is a mixed blessing. It is important to understand the down-side before using table partitioning. "SQL Backup Pro 7 improves on an already wonderful product" - Don KolendaHave you tried version 7 yet? Get faster, smaller, fully verified backups. Download a free trial of SQL Backup Pro 7.

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• Stairway to T-SQL DML Level 11: How to Delete Rows from a Table

  You may have data in a database that was inserted into a table by mistake, or you may have data in your tables that is no longer of value. In either case, when you have unwanted data in a table you need a way to remove it. The DELETE statement can be used to eliminate data in a table that is no longer needed. In this article you will see the different ways to use the DELETE statement to identify and remove unwanted data from your SQL Server tables.

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• Handling Deadlocks in SQL Server

  In this excerpt from his book Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA, Jonathan Kehayias provides a guide to identifying the causes, reacting to, and ultimately preventing the dreaded deadlock. What are your servers really trying to tell you? Find out with new SQL Monitor 3.0, an easy-to-use tool built for no-nonsense database professionals.For effortless insights into SQL Server, download a free trial today.

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• Data Access Tracing in SQL Server 2012

  Learn how to apply the tracing functionality in Microsoft data access technologies such as ADO.NET 2.0, MDAC 2.82, SQL Server Native Client, and the JDBC driver; and in the SQL Server network protocols and the Microsoft SQL Server database engine. Are you sure you can restore your backups? Run full restore + DBCC CHECKDB quickly and easily with SQL Backup Pro's new automated verification. Check for corruption and prepare for when disaster strikes. Try it now.

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• SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Implementing Package Security using Access Control

  SQL Server 2012 Integration Services offers a wide range of powerful features that allow you to streamline and automate tasks involving data extraction, transformation, and loading. However, incorporating these features into your existing business intelligence framework frequently necessitates additional security measures ensuring that data which is being processed remains protected from unauthorized access.

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• Designing Databases for Rapid Resilience

  As the volume of data increases, DBAs need to plan more actively for rapid restores in the event of failure. For this, the intelligent use of filegroups is important, particularly when the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server offers the hope of online restores. How, though, should you arrange your data on the different filegroups? What happenens if the primary filegroup gets corrupted? Why backup and restore indexes?

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• Free eBook: SQL Server Hardware

  SQL Server Hardware will provide the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal installation and configuration, of SQL Server hardware, operating system and the SQL Server RDBMS. New! SQL Prompt 6 – now with tab historyWriting, exploring, and editing SQL just became even more effortless with SQL Prompt 6. Download a free trial.

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