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My company is considering upgrading from SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition. I assume that Enterprise Edition features better performance, but I haven't found any benchmarks for it. Can you tell me what performance improvements...
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If you close a query window that has a file open in it or if you open a file in a query window that already has a file open in it, SQL Query Analyzer may randomly stop responding. This problem occurs in all editions of SQL Server 2000. To solve...
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This past summer, Microsoft released two new versions of its Small Business Server (SBS) product: Windows SBS 2003 Standard Edition and Windows SBS 2003 Premium Edition. Targeting organizations that have fewer than 50 users, both editions of SBS...