Tracking a Scenario - Best Practices of Index Identification for a table
Say I have created a fresh Employee table with a layout similar to the one would normally find in the AdventureWorks database (ID, FirstName, LastName, Address etc. etc.). This table will be one of the...
View ArticleWhat should be in a DBA database?
Hi everyone. I often hear DBAs at conferences talk about their "DBA database" where they hold all manner of tables for processes/statistics/baselines etc. I'm not a DBA however I am now managing our DB...
View ArticleTaking over from a DBA. What should you find out?
Hi, I am moving companies and taking over from the new companies only DBA. What sort of questions would you ask before they leave? I have a list of general questions (Back-ups/restore/HA/DR etc) but I...
View ArticleSQL Server with large database
Hi Experts, I have a database which is growing rapidly and will reach 100GB shortly. I would like to know whether SQL Server 2008 will handle more than 100GB databases? What are the best practices to...
View ArticleBest practice for autogrowth size.
First let me say that this is not a debate of whether to have autogrowth turned on or off. For this post we are going with it is turned on. So for those of you who use the autogrowth on option as a...
View ArticleBest practice for Table Historys and pin pointing data at a point in time
Hi there, I,ve been doing history tables for some time now in databases but never put to much effort or thought into it. I wonder what is the best practice out there. my main goal is to record any...
View ArticleAlternative for ISNUMERIC()
Is there any other Functions to check the Numeric Type values with out "$", "+", "-" and "/" ?
View ArticleValuable database checks sought for SQL Test
I'm part of a team at Red Gate that has worked in collaboration with the open source [tSQLt][1] unit testing framework developers to release a preview build of what we're calling [SQL Test][2], a SQL...
View ArticleValidating server principals with Active Directory
This is a question about methods as much as about "How To ...", I'm interested in how other SQL Server admins tally their Server Principals that are type G or U against Active Directory. Do you have...
View ArticleTwo part naming convention and performance
As far as I can tell, the SQL Server gurus out here in the interwebs seem to be in general agreement that there are performance gains to be had by using a two-part table naming convention in your SQL....
View ArticleUpdate whole record or dynamic TSQL in procedure?
I am on a new project and we are looking at having a wide table and I am wondering if anyone has done any measurement of whether it is better to have a procedure to carry out an update from the web app...
View ArticleSource Controlling Proposed Enviroment & Suggestions
Looking for advice from those who have successfully source controlled their environment. Current Enviroment: All devs in production making changes out of date dev enviroment, not really used yet Source...
View ArticleWhen are cursors appropriate?
I am normally ardently against using cursors whenever possible. However, a recent project I've been tasked with has me wondering when it is OK to break this rule. I work for a school district. There...
View ArticleWhy is it considered a best practice to avoid inline SQL?
I have seen in a number of discussions the idea that it is a best practice to avoid inline SQL. Some seem to be of the opinion that inline SQL should be absolutely forbidden. However, most places that...
View ArticleStoring numbers as CHAR where no calculation will ever happen
Hello everyone, I guess this is more of a best practice question. When you have data which contains numbers that will never be used for any aggregation should you store them as an INT or CHAR? An...
View ArticleTracking a Scenario - Best Practices of Index Identification for a table
Say I have created a fresh Employee table with a layout similar to the one would normally find in the AdventureWorks database (ID, FirstName, LastName, Address etc. etc.). This table will be one of the...
View ArticleWhat should be in a DBA database?
Hi everyone. I often hear DBAs at conferences talk about their "DBA database" where they hold all manner of tables for processes/statistics/baselines etc. I'm not a DBA however I am now managing our DB...
View ArticleTaking over from a DBA. What should you find out?
Hi, I am moving companies and taking over from the new companies only DBA. What sort of questions would you ask before they leave? I have a list of general questions (Back-ups/restore/HA/DR etc) but I...
View ArticleSQL Server with large database
Hi Experts, I have a database which is growing rapidly and will reach 100GB shortly. I would like to know whether SQL Server 2008 will handle more than 100GB databases? What are the best practices to...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Environments Setup Best Practice
We are a small consulting shop, with about 12 end users for SSAS and SSRS. We at the point we need a separate DEV environment. So is it better to create another instance for the DEV environment, or...
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