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SQL Server databases - checkpoint, cache and I/O request - what you need to know?
Have you ever wondered about flushing databases? Well not quite possible to flush it straight away and not a best practice too on the live server, so what it is about and you need to know about transactions state when they occur. Say when the changes Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 5 is available for download with a request to CSS!
From the series of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack2 Cumulative Update packages blogs and for instance we blogged about SQL2005SP2CU5 earlier, it is available to download now and before that there is a catch to obtain this package. It is not that easy Read More...
How to find whether that service pack file is a 32 bit or 64 bit?
Whenever a service pack is released it will be available for 32-bit and 64-bit that also includes for SQL Express 2005 edition too, as it was for MSDE earlier. Since last year (I think) Microsoft Development team has adopted a standard in naming schema Read More...
Having 'black-box' recorder for SQL Server!
Say you have a serious performance problem and few times you will have assertion issue with a dump files creation, in real world say this can be matched to a airplane crash. Where you will know the sequence of events from Black-box records in the flight Read More...
Recover the corupt databases with the features in backup & restore - SQL Server 2005
Have you ever wondered you can recover a corrupted database when you have optimum backup & restore strategy in place, well I'm not talking about usage of third party tools or use high-end hardware. With simple backup and restore features in SQL Server Read More...
Fragmentation on the database - close friend of a DBA
On day-to-day basis a DBA might come across with the issues on the fragmentation on the database, it may not be possible to design the database that will be totally efficient and optimum to perform without any issues. Due to the fact of data inserts, Read More...