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How to change Server Collation in SQL Server 2005

Vidhya Sagar — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:21:47 +0000

New article posted on changing collation in sql server 2005. You can check the article from the link below. In this article we are going to discuss about changing SQL Server 2005 collation at serverlevel. While installing SQL Server 2005 …

Index Fragmentation in SQL Server 2005

Vidhya Sagar — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:38:39 +0000

New article on Index fragmentation posted in main website, check the article in the link below. Index fragmentation is a phenomenon where the index contents are scattered. Normally the contents are in contiguous fashion which helps in fast retrieval of …

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Released

Vidhya Sagar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:31:27 +0000

SQL Server 2005 SP3 released today after the release of SP3 beta a couple of weeks ago. You can download SP3 from the link below. DOWNLOAD SQL SERVER 2005 SP3 Above download link is applicable to below products. * SQL …

How can I edit DTS packages in SSMS (Management studio)

Vidhya Sagar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:15:56 +0000

Designing \ Editing DTS packages in SSMS is one of the question I’m seeing in forums, this situation occurs when an upgrade happens from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. When SQL server 2005 was released it doesn’t have a facility …

Log Shipping FAQ

Vidhya Sagar — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:04:54 +0000

Introduction: I could see most of them are asking known errors of log shipping in many forums and we are repeatedly providing the same solutions. Hence I thought of consolidating all the know errors and its solutions for log shipping …

Backup Script with Retention

Vidhya Sagar — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:30:42 +0000

Introduction: SQL Backup script is available in all online resources. I couldn’t find a script to take care of retention also, so I’m writing this script as procedure to take care of retention too. This script will take full backup …

How to use Copy Database Wizard

Vidhya Sagar — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:17:12 +0000

What is copy database wizard? Copy Database Wizard is a new feature from SQL Server 2005 onwards. You can make use of this feature to copy \ move databases between different instances of SQL Server. It can be used for …

Enable \ Disable Remote connections Via DOS or T-SQL

Vidhya Sagar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:36:23 +0000

I’ve seen in forums seeking to enable \ disable Remote connections via DOS prompt \ T-SQL. I’ve searched google for this topic and didn’t get any article on this topic, so i decided to write a procedure to change Remote …

SQL Server 2005 Installation errors

Vidhya Sagar — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:59:14 +0000

OWC11 Installation Failure Sample Error from errorlog–>MSI (s) (C4:C8) [19:04:30:953]: Product: Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components — Error 1706. Setup cannot find the required files. Check your connection to the network, or CD-ROM drive. For other potential solutions to this …

Database Tuning Advisor – DTA

Vidhya Sagar — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:53:07 +0000

The Database Engine Tuning Advisor is a new tool in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 that enables you to tune databases for improved query processing. Database Engine Tuning Advisor examines how queries are processed in the databases you specify and then …