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SQL Server virtualization pros and cons
TIP - Virtualizing SQL Server has pros and cons. Learn the performance impacts of virtualization on SQL Server I/O, RAM and memory to decide if it is a fit for your SQL Server system.

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Configuring storage in DB with more writes than reads
TIP - Learn how to configure SQL Server database storage with higher disk writes than disk reads. Set up a RAID 10 array, cache configuration and file disk layout.

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Tutorial: SSIS best practices
TUTORIAL - Learn the best practices for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in this tutorial, from migrating DTS packages to SSIS debugging, maintenance and programming in SQL Server.

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Avoid cursors in SQL Server with these methods to loop ...
TIP - Avoid using a SQL Server cursor for looping over records row by row. Alternate methods use temp tables instead of SQL cursors that slow down performance.

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Temporary tables in SQL Server vs. table variables: Learn about using temporary tables vs. table variables in SQL Server when storing data for executing T-SQL code.
SQL Server errors, failures and other problems fixed from the trenches: Solve your SQL Server error, problem or installation failure with this advice. Learn how to fix SQL performance...
Basics for working with DATETIME and SMALLDATETIME in SQL Server 2005: Learn how data is stored within DATETIME and SMALLDATETIME and get an overview of the TIMESTAMP data type -- as ...
SQL Server stored procedures tutorial: Learn how to write and tune SQL Server stored procedures in this tutorial. Also included is a collection of stored procedure examples for you to...
Simplify queries with SQL Server 2005 common table expressions (CTEs): Use SQL Server 2005 common table expression (CTE) for an improved query and recursive query. Learn to create SQL...

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