UNIX for DBAs (Part 2) The vi editor The vi editor is a screen-based editor that ships with UNIX and should be available on all UNIX workstations. Although there are other editors that can be used within the UNIX system, the vi editor is one of the most commonly used (because it is free). Getting Started with vi The vi...
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Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 cursors
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 cursors If you have problems with cursors in SQL Server 2008 R2, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 cursor bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service...
UNIX for DBAs (Part 1)
UNIX for DBAs (Part 1) UNIX is one of the most popular operating system for running database management systems. Of course, Windows is popular, too, as are z/OS and even OS/400, not to mention Linux (but that is a variant of UNIX). At any rate, UNIX is ubiquitous in the realm of database processing and it is important that DBAs...
Spool Operators: Eager Spool, Lazy Spool, Row Count Spool
Spool Operators: Eager Spool, Lazy Spool, Row Count Spool There are a lot of operators in the query execution plan that we generally overlook (I do this for those operators which I have no clue about). Sometimes these operators prove out to be pivotal in the performance of the query and we are forced to take good care of them....
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 full-text search
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 full-text search If you have problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 full-text search, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 full-text search bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL...
Keeping Your SQL Server HIPAA Compliant
Keeping Your SQL Server HIPAA Compliant By Juan Rogers, Product Manager for SQL Server Security and Compliance Solutions at Idera What is HIPAA/HITECH and how does it affect your data collection/management? What can organizations that are concerned with HIPAA compliance do to keep their SQL Server compliant? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 required the secretary of...
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 roles
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 roles If you have problems with roles in SQL Server 2008 R2, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 role bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service...
Troubleshooting xml problems in SQL Server 2008 R2
Troubleshooting xml problems in SQL Server 2008 R2 If you have problems with xml in SQL Server 2008 R2, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 xml bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service...
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster
Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster If you have problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster, review this troubleshooting checklist to find potential solutions. 1. Install the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack. Because many SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster bugs were fixed in SQL Server service packs, you should install the latest SQL Server service pack....
System Health Session Dashboard – Error Summary Report
System Health Session Dashboard – Error Summary Report In the first post of this series, I had talked about displaying the events reported by the system health session extended session on SQL Server 2008 versions and higher. The next set of reports will show the errors which by the error_reported extended event. The query which I used to fetch the...