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SQL Server Tools includes storage engine that includes a complete set of graphical tools and command prompt utilities that allow users, programmers, and administrators. SSMS, SSRS, SSIS & SSAS are most commonly used tools.

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Error while executing DMV - Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near '('.
DMV - has got very special place for DBAs since the inception of SQL Server 2005. In this case one of the thme is very important to find out the index statistics within your database, such as sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats statement. Recently one of the Read More...
SQL Server license with multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?
How many SQL Server licenses you need to fix the number of CPUs on the server? The answer it depends on the number! Well having hyper-threading (i.e. multiple threads execute on a single physical CPU appearing as 2 logical CPUs) and dual-core technology Read More...
SQL Server 2005 schema integration changes and use of best practices - use of Schema Qualified Tables/Views
You all know that it is a best practice to use the schema qualified tables or views for the better management and performance (sometimes). As the Best Practices Analyzer tool which will be a part of SQL engine from 2008 version onwards confirms that this Read More...
CTP2 release for SQL Server 2005 JDBC v1.2 - test and download
JDBC driver for SQL Server is not part of the Java SDK. To set the classpath to include the sqljdbc.jar file if you want to use it. The sqljdbc.jar file is installed in the following location: < installation directory >\sqljdbc_< version >\< Read More...
Setting database compatibility to SQL 2000 on a SQL Server 2005 instance?
No doubt that as compare to previous version the current SQL Server 2005 provides more new language constructs and primitives for the T-SQL language than can be utilized. Still there are many out there not entirely ready to upgrade from SQL Server 2000 Read More...
Database Compatibility version numbers juggling from 40 to 100
A stream of database compatibility numbers has come up to my mind while we are performing few configuration changes to the database to support a legacy application that can work upto SQL Server 2000. So what number we used during the days of SQL Server Read More...
Behaviour of SP_READERRORLOG in SQL 2000 and 2005
You may be aware that SP_READERRORLOG can be used from a query analyzer or query editor to read the error log contents without opening the file on the disk or from Management Studio (or Enterprise Manager). I'm not sure whether you have observed that Read More...
Where can I find information about previous versions of SQL Server?
A big question for every SQL Server user when a new version is released! Indeed, this was my question initially when looked at Microsoft SQL Server website homepage where the site is fully equipped with SQL Server 2005 version. It is more important for Read More...
Easy way to upgrade from previous version of SQL Server
http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/bc/archive/2007/03/17/what-is-your-way-easy-to-upgrade-from-previous-versions.aspx Read More...