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Pros and Cons of Switching to Database Managed Services

The term is widely used and covers so many things simultaneously, so it is hard to figure out what it means exactly. Do managed services include database administration only or do they also cover installation, upgrades and migration to other servers? Are database managed services always 24/7 or are there any other options? Do DBMS involve routine maintenance procedures or can they also handle critical issues? There are literally dozens of questions! Reporting? Custom service? Performance tuning and bottle-neck analysis? Too bad, each database managed service provider answers these questions differently, in its own way.

Forrards
March 18, 2023
SQL Server SSIS: ReplaceNull

One of widespread problems in SSIS packages is to replace NULL values with some specific value. Unfortunately, before it was not a simple task as Integration Services didn’t have the operator similar to ISNULL () in T-SQL. To be more exact, there was such an operator, but it works in a slightly different way.

Forrards
March 17, 2023
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Creating Clustered Index on a Table Variable column in MS SQL Server

If you need to create an index in order to improve performance of the queries running against table variable (@temptable) In MS SQL Server you can implicitly create a clustered index on a table variable by defining a primary key or unique constraint, however, it is generally more efficient to use a temporary table. Anyway let`s move on with an option of creating index on a table variable. For example, you need create simple table variable:

Forrards
March 18, 2023
Define SQL Server database permissions for development team

The dba routine includes developer's accounts management. Such as creating sql logins for new developers. There is usually a standard permissions list and database environment for code writing and testing. Let`s try to simplify the process.

Forrards
March 18, 2023

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