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FIX: SQL Server 2000 stops responding when you cancel a query or when a query time-out occurs, and error messages are logged in the SQL Server error log file
In rare situations, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 stops responding when you cancel a query or when a query time-out occurs.
Identifying Server Consolidation Opportunities
(Andrew Hillier) Over the past 20 years, the IT infrastructures of most organizations have moved away from a reliance on centralized computing power toward distributed systems.
Automate the process of trimming table data in SQL Server 2005
(Arthur Fuller) A friend and colleague recently faced an interesting problem. Each month he receives a huge amount of data from a client, which he then must massage before it’s usable. The tables contain millions of rows, and the structure of the tables may vary from month to month. To make matters
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Monitor .NET application performance with the CLR Profiler
(Tony Patton) In the .NET Framework, memory management is supposed to be handled automatically by the system. This allows you to concentrate on the important issues of application design and development. Unfortunately, this utopia has not been completely realized as memory issues still appear in .NE
ADO.NET for Beginners Part Three
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Experiences with Oracle Apps and FDA Regulations
(Sylvain Fontaine) For several years, I worked as an Oracle Consulting employee, and I’d like to share my experience in that role, working on a massive Oracle Applications implementation deployed in an FDA-regulated company.
IBM Steps Up Development of Cool Tools for Ajax
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