Here's a comforting thought if you're mired in the hell of constant Windows upgrades: Microsoft will likely significantly delay the next two OS generations (Windows .NET Server—formerly code-named "Whistler"—and Windows "Longhorn"). The company...
"Give me liberty or give me death." Patrick Henry proclaimed those words 227 years ago. And now this rallying cry comes from SuperDBA, who manages a monster SQL Server database that gobbles memory the way the Doomsday Machine from "Star Trek"...
To access the demonstration scripts from Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Magazine LIVE! Webinar "SQL Server Internals for Troubleshooting and Tuning: Part 2—Tracing Your SQL Server Applications," January 25, 2002, just click...
Microsoft has posted for download the updated beta version of the SQL Server 2000 Driver for Java Database Connectivity (JDBC). In addition to the features available in the first beta release, beta 2 provides support for XA transactions, the sql...
Two weeks ago, I asked for your help in creating a comprehensive list of SQL Server "worst practices." I thought this task would be a fun twist on the annual tradition of making New Year's resolutions, and I hoped that all of us could learn...