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Create Executer Role

Database fixed roles are predefined roles with specific permissions that allow their members to take actual roles in the organization....

The Ease of Using Statistics to Lie

Working as an operation manager and DBA often requires me to examine and produce statistical reports and devise actions based on them. I...

SQL Server Magazine

SQL Server Magazine is a great resource for SQL Server DBAs. It offers professional articles, white papers, code samples, blogs, and...

Cursor Types

If you ask any SQL Server DBAs about cursors, they will tell you it’s a big no-no. If you search for T-SQL best practices on the web, in...

Querying XML Using the Edge Table Format

Recently I was asked by one of our customers about querying XML in a relational format. “Sure”, I answered, “you can use OPENXML to...

Job Executions at Point in Time

If you want to monitor job executions, usually the easiest way is to use the Job Activity Monitor or the Job History Viewer in SQL Server...

Can query performance be dependent on the client?

This question sounds really easy! The query performance depends essentially on the execution plan, which in its turn isn’t dependent on...

SQL Azure

SQL Azure is a Microsoft solution for relational database cloud computing. It comes as part of the Azure platform. As with the Azure...

Things To Know About Analysis Services Server Properties

In most sites I’ve been working at, developing Analysis Services solutions, most people were treating the Analysis Services server as a...

Moving System Databases in SQL Server 2005/2008

This article may be useful when you want to relocate your system databases to another disk on the same server (same instance). There...

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