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		<title>Migrating SQL Server Databases &#8211; The DBA&#8217;s Checklist (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadequl Hussain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing from Part 1&#160; , our Migration Checklist continues: Step 5: Update statistics It is always a good idea to update the statistics of the database that you have just installed or migrated. To do this, run the following command against the target database: sp_updatestats The sp_updatestats system stored procedure runs the UPDATE STATISTICS command [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Migrating SQL Server Databases &#8211; The DBA&#8217;s Checklist (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadequl Hussain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General DBA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a fact of life: SQL Server databases change homes. They move from one instance to another, from one version to the next, from old servers to new ones.&#160; They move around as an organisation’s data grows, applications are enhanced or new versions of the database software are released. If not anything else, servers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQL Server Transactions and Locking –  Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Basit Farooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General DBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many situations, data modification requires several steps. For example, you may need to change the values &#8203;&#8203;in two separate tables. You can use transactions to complete these two operations as a unit, or if an error occurs, does not change any of the tables. Another key consideration is that most databases must be compatible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing  with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 &#8211; Part  3</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/auditing-map-5-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadequl Hussain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Software Usage Tracker New to MAP 5.0 is another feature called the Software Usage Tracker. This is an audit mechanism that allows you to track the number of users or devices accessing your servers. The information from these audits can help people responsible for managing software licensing to get a better picture of Microsoft server [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing  with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/auditing-map-5-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 01:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadequl Hussain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using MAP to inventory your servers When you start MAP, the application prompts you for a database name (see figure below). At the very beginning there will be no database to hold MAP inventory information, so you will need to specify a new database name. You can name it anything, but for our purpose, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing  with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/auditing-map-5-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadequl Hussain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sql-server-performance.com/?=1889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Auditing and inventorying is not something new in any IT environment. Depending on the purpose, it can take many forms. Sometimes the auditing is about security and data access. Sometimes it is about software usage and licensing. Often it is about consolidation and cost saving. Whatever the reason, the strategic direction typically comes from top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Duplicate Indexes on SQL Server (Script)</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/find-duplicate-indexes-on-sql-server/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Basit Farooq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General DBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Tuning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like other mainstream commercial database systems, Microsoft SQL Server allows you to create multiple indexes on the same column of a table. This  increases the likelihood of having duplicate indexes in the database because SQL Server does not prevent you from creating duplicate indexes, infect we can create up to 999 duplicate indexes on each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forwarding Pointers in Heaps</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/forwarding-pointers-in-heaps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dinesh Asanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Tuning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heaps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When no clustered index is defined on a table, that table is said to be a Heap. Heaps are not ideal when it comes to performance but there are lots of instances where you have heaps.   Operations on heaps INSERT -  New rows can be placed in the first available page with sufficient space. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started Formatting SSRS Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/formatting-ssrs-reporting-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/formatting-ssrs-reporting-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franco Lopes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Formatting SSRS Report Introduction The SSRS report once ready  needs to be formatted to make it pixel perfect for viewing and printing. The formatting can be classified into the following types: Conditional Formatting Unconditional Formatting Conditional Formatting The conditional formatting  is done using the  IIF and  switch  statements. For conditional formatting can be used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storage Modes in SSAS (MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP)</title>
		<link>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/ssas-storage-modes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2013/ssas-storage-modes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arshad Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Intelligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction There are three standard storage modes (MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP) in OLAP applications which affect the performance of OLAP queries and cube processing, storage requirements and also determine storage locations. SSAS (2005 and 2008) supports not only these three standard storage modes but supports proactive caching, a new feature with SSAS 2005 which enables [...]]]></description>
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