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SQL Server replication FAQ and important measures to consider when replication performance is sufferred

Published 7 February 8 9:41 AM | SSQA.net

Here we are going to highlight the majority of tasks you need to perform whenever user complains or you observe about SQL Server Replication performance is affected, adversly. For any performance tuning issues there will be other factors involved including...

Filed under: sql server, performance, replication, snapshot, best practices, agent, publisher, subscriptions, FAQ, schedule

SQL Server database upgrade - FAQs, How-to, Gotchas, links and blurb

Published 22 January 8 7:55 AM | SSQA.net

Upgrading a SQL Server database should be straight-forward, when you haven't got much of constraints on the application code. In this regard we have blogged previously such as UpgrageTags posts. Here in this post I would like to go with few FAQs that...

Filed under: sql server, database, upgrade, best practices, sa, clustering, database mail, data files, FAQ, gotchas, sqlmail

SQL server Temporary Tables, Table Variables and Recompiles - interesting scenario

Published 17 January 8 2:23 AM | SSQA.net

Usage of Temporary tables or variables is a common scenario in SQL Server world, since SQL Server 2005 usage of TEMPDB references to the blog posts here: http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/tools/archive/2007/04/05/sql-server-index-optimization-best-practices...

Filed under: sql server, performance, msdn, blocking, maintenance plan, tempdb, tablesample, best practice, monitoring, FAQ, benchmarking, table variable, temp tables

Replication FAQ series - Which columns are published in snapshot or transactional or merge publications in this database?

Published 11 December 7 6:48 PM | SSQA.net

Here is script you can find which columns are published in the replication that is using either snapshot or transactional or merge publications. --For snapshot or transactional publications select object_name(object_id) as tran_published_table, name as...

Filed under: sql server, replication, snapshot, merge, transactional, tsql, tables, columns, FAQ

New feature in SQL Server 2008 - compression how it works?

Published 3 October 7 9:42 AM | SSQA.net

Since the release of SQL Server 2008 (last 2 CTPs) users are anxiously awaiting for data compression feature, so how it is handled in this version and what it does, is it a good thing? Data compression enables you to store your data more effectively and...

Filed under: sql server, microsoft, team, features, 2008, development, data capture, compression, backups, FAQ

Rename a SQL Server instance, is it possible?

Published 2 October 7 4:11 AM | SSQA.net

Another common question on the forums, may be not a frequently performed task and as a DBA you should discourage in performing such actions. Microsoft SQL development team has already documented the information over the KBA 303774 and for the server name...

Filed under: sql server, msdn, microsoft, instance, kba, installation, FAQ, developement, rename

High CPU issues that are specific to SQL Server 2000 installations and few with SQL 2005 too!

Published 20 September 7 10:40 AM | SSQA.net

Here comes another Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) on the forums and Frequently Posted Blog (FPB) here about high cpu issues on the SQL Server 2000 instances. Looking at high cpu spiks and performace issues is a common problem in all SQL Server installations...

Filed under: sql server, performance, databases, blogs, blocking, query, kba, cpu, execution plan, backups, resources, high cpu, FAQ