This is nothing new or revolutionary, but is important nonetheless for those maintaining large-scale SQL Server databases. For years I’ve used the sysindexes system table to find out how many rows are in a large table. The reason for this is to prevent »
Frustrated by the inability to script SQL Server 2005 objects with BOTH a CREATE and DROP statement? Generally, I write all my scripts with both statements and then save them and include them in source control, so this hasn’t really been a problem for »
As always I try and post about my experiences which cause my biggest headaches. So today’s topic is about setting up an unattended install for SQL Server 2005. I have spent the entire day trying to create an unattended install to a Virtual Server installation »
SQL Profiler has been aptly referred to as the “poor man’s load tester”. 3 months ago I captured trace logs spanning 1 week. My intent was over the summer (our companies “off-season”) to use the trace logs to stress test the database to determine the »