The main goal for full-text search in SQL Server 2008 was to introduce a new integrated Search platform. In addition to the improvements and gains that come with this integration, this platform provides a strong base for delivering, in the near future, innovative new features and capabilities ...
Heaps and clustered indexes are two different ways of storing data in SQL Server. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, and we will discuss them in this post. A Bit about Heaps Heaps are essentially piles of data that remain unsorted or unorganized, hence the name. Although you can f...
Applies To: SQL Server 2005 SP1 Summary: In SQL Server 2005, any table can have either clustered indexes or be organized as a heap (without a clustered index.) This white paper summarizes the advantages and disadvantages, the difference in performance characteristics, and other behaviors of table...
Installing and Rebooting SQL Server Q Why does SQL Server require a separate installation of binaries (program files) for each instance and therefore a reboot? A To help understand the reboot you are seeing, let’s step back a bit. With SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005, you can perform...
In SQL Server, you can back up and restore a whole filegroup instead of specifying each file individually.
SQL Server transaction commits can be either fully durable, the SQL Server default, or delayed durable (also known as lazy commit).Fully durable transaction commits are synchronous and report a commit as successful and return control to the client only after the log records for the transaction ...
SQL Server. In this case, the application is partitioned by branch office. Every night a batch job can run to replicate the new or modified records to the central server that is running SQL Server and is located at headquarters. In most cases, agents working out of the branch offices do...
In the Local Security Settings application, expand Security Settings, expand Account Policies, and then select Password Policy. The password policies are described in the results pane.Disadvantages of SQL Server AuthenticationIf a user is a Windows domain user who has a login and password for Window...
Database Indexing and Partitioning: Tutorial & Examples Learn about the use cases and best practices of database indexing and partitioning techniques by following explanations and examples 6 Data Ingestion: Tutorial & Best Practices Learn about aggregating, importing, and storing real-time data on mode...
1 What is a trigger in SQL Server? 1 Why do we need triggers? 1 What are the different types of triggers? 1 What is a view in the database? 1 Why do I need views in a database? 1 What is the difference between Primary key and unique key? 1 How can you increase SQ...