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  • Data Compression

    Data compression is an enhanced feature available in SQL Server 2008. Database compression in SQL Server is introduced with SQL Server 2005 SP2 onwards where we have the capability to compress VARDECIMAL data type. This compression works when the actual value is less than the declared value, all the remaining values will be removed there…

  • SQL Server 2008 MCITP (70-453) Exam

    Today Ive written the exam 70-453 (Upgrade: Transition Your MCITP SQL Server 2005 DBA to MCITP SQL Server 2008) and Ive cleared the exam. I would like to share the information regarding this exam. While preparation Ive searched for these information but I got very limited information on this, so I think this could be…

  • October Month UG session scheduled

    We are back again for this month UG session. Venue: Microsoft Training centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai Landmark: Opposite to President hotel Timings: 10 AM to 01 PM Date: October 31 2009 Max Available seats : 25 (Please register, we will be closing the registration once we have 5 members registered)

  • The Unhealthy Argument

    This post of mine is 100 percent a personal opinion and was written not to hurt anyone. Off late, I have been hearing or knowing incidents which have involved 2 or more persons going into an argument on deciding which technology is the best is it WINDOWS or UNIX, ORACLE or SQL SERVER, .Net or…

  • Community Tech Days (CTD)

    Yesterday Vidhya Sagar and Deepak have presented SQL Server Query tuning topic in Community Tech days. Community TechDays is a 11-city Roadshow conducted by the technology community in India on a quarterly basis for Developers, Infrastructure Professionals, Architects, Project Managers and Students.. This is the second time they have conducting this event in Chennai. We…

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