Well another cache related blog in a row since last few days! I have had weird issues on one of the SQL Server 2005 SP1 instance that, whenever DBCC CHECKDB is executed the performance of particular stored procedure ( complexed calculations ) has gone down to sea bed! To ensure my findings using DMVs...
We already know that using DBCC FREEPROCCACHE will have the affect of flushing all the cache with immediate affect and also DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE (new in SQL 2005) has similar affect but will flush the plans asynchronously that are marked as unused anymore. Also you would know that when a database is...
When I had a chance to know about encryption features in SQL Server I always go with books online as a first hand information, but there is more to ask about this feature in 2005 version: Have you ever thought about encryption in SQL Server, how to implement it? What you need to know to implement cryptographic...
Continuation to the BlogPost on issuing or configuring SQL Servers to use certificates, I have found useful reference on Technet blogs - Mr. Cert’s side of the story ....( read more )