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A Helpful SQL Server DBA Checklist

SimpleTalk has a helpful DBA checklist for all those BizTalkers who double-hat and manage a SQL Server as-well-as a BizTalk environment. It covers a number of useful topics, including: General best practices High-availability Performance tuning Application...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 8:01 AM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server

SQL Server 2008: Script Data

The SQL Server 2008 Management Studio has a nice little new feature which seems to be omitted from the documentation. The Script Wizard (Database - Tasks - Generate Scripts) now has a “Script Data” option. If selected the Wizard will generate...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2008 6:51 AM by Martin Krieger

Filed under: SQL Server

Sharepoint support for SQL 2008

Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 & Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 now support SQL Server 2008. For more info go here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/08/15/sql-server-2008-support-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx Subscribe...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 8:32 PM by South African BizTalk User Group

Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS 2007, Development, SQL Server, programming

Tracking Down Deadlocks using SQL Profiler

Yet more great content over on the (RedGate sponsored) Simple Talk blog, this time an excellent article on tracking down deadlocks using SQL Profiler by Brad McGhee, well worth a read before your production system starts to exhibit this behaviour!

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 3:50 AM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server, Deadlocks

MsgBoxViewer to quickly find BizTalk production issue

We’ve had a recent deployment to production that did not go according to plan, or so we thought at first. It is an upgrade of a BizTalk solution from BizTalk 2004 to 2006 R2. It integrates a website, a CRM system, a bank system, and a fulfillment...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2008 11:49 PM by Connected Thoughts

Filed under: BizTalk, SQL Server, spool, msgboxviewer, jobs, table, sql agent

I survived Teched

Well I didn't have any time to blog during Teched (by the end of my last talk I was completely exhausted and I still had to work at the booth with my friend Clemens Vasters ) but I survived. I really wanted to thank to all the folks who attended my...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 5:52 PM by Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog

Filed under: Architecture, BizTalk Server, SQL Server, WCF, Web Services, Microsoft, Conferences, REST, Friends

Searching Inside Stored Procedures

I’ve recently inherited a large BizTalk system and needed a quick way to determine which custom stored procedures accessed which tables/views and called other sprocs. Thanks to my co-worker Shaun, I now have the power of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2008 10:45 AM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server, INFORMATION_SCHEMA

Why Archive and Purge when you can just Purge?

In BizTalk 2004 SP2, the BizTalk Team gave us the Archive and Purge SQL Server Maintenance Job for managing the size of the Tracking Database. This was a great tool and really took away some of the admin headaches in maintaining this particular database...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2008 12:48 PM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: BizTalk 2006, SQL Server, Purging, Administration, Tracking Database

Diagnosing Performance Problems in SQL Server

SQL Server is the heart of a BizTalk environment, so a performant database is a must for any self-respecting BizTalk setup. But, if you consider that SQL Server is causing you performance issues, where do you start to look? Thankfully, there is a two...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2008 4:01 AM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server

Truncating the BizTalk 2006 Tracking Database

In Truncating the BizTalkDTADb Database I discussed how to truncate the tracking database in BizTalk 2004. Over on the BizTalk Gurus forums, user nbusy wanted to do the same thing for BizTalk Server 2006 - he’s kindly allowed me to repost his instructions...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2008 7:31 AM by At the Coalface: A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: BizTalk, BizTalk 2006, SQL Server, Truncate, BizTalkDTADb

Report Manager 2005 Help ï»¿

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Report Manager web application has help pages in several languages. They display nicely in IE, but in Firefox they are reduced to a mere ï»¿ ï»¿ is the unicode byte-order mark, coded in UTF-8. A first inspection with Firebug...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2008 5:45 PM by Martin Krieger

Filed under: SQL Server, IIS

Can I get some BI with this?

While I’m lying in bed dying of flu for the second time this year (grrr!!), here is a little light-hearted look at which tastes better: SQL Server 2005 or Oracle 11g. Click on the screenshot or go to www.databasetastechallenge.com. “Now…...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 8:37 AM by At the Coalface : A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server

SQL Server Data Services

SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) is the newest adding to Microsoft's Software + Services vision. Definitely , SSDS is going to impact the way developers approach data access solutions....( read more )

Published Fri, Mar 03 2008 6:22 AM by Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog

Filed under: Architecture, SQL Server, Web Services, Microsoft, SAAS, .NET Framework

SQL Server 2008

If you haven’t seen it, SQL Server 2008 February CTP is available for download ....( read more )

Published Thu, Feb 02 2008 5:25 AM by Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog

Filed under: SQL Server, Microsoft, .NET Framework

An Easier Way to do Complex FOR XML EXPLICIT

I’ve got to confess that I’m not all that good with the FOR XML EXPLICIT syntax to generate Xml straight out of SQL Server - although there are a few good resources on the technology, I don’t spend enough time writing it and just get...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 8:17 AM by At the Coalface : A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server

Further BizTalk & MSDTC Issues

I encountered yet another MSDTC issue when talking to a remote SQL Server database following a BizTalk 2006 development environment upgrade from Windows Server 2003 Ent. Ed. to Service Pack 1. The usual ‘Mutual authentication required’ / ‘No...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 2:07 AM by At the Coalface : A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: BizTalk 2006, BizTalk 2004, SQL Server

Renaming a SQL Server Instance

I know that this script is ubiquitous across the ‘net, but whenever I google for it I come up with elaborate stored proc’s that are overkill for my needs - so here are the commands necessary to rename a SQL Server instance, for posterity:...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 6:00 AM by At the Coalface : A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: SQL Server

Cleaning up BAM Activity Instances

One of the main challenges of Business Activity Monitoring(BAM) solutions is the control the lifecycle of the activities. This is especially critical in scenarios that involve activity continuations between different applications. Far too many times activities...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 8:40 PM by Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog

Filed under: BizTalk Server, SQL Server, .NET Framework

Truncating the BizTalkDTADb Database

I’ve noticed that the link I posted to Mike Holdorf’s blog back on my Host Tracking and the BizTalkMsgBoxDb post no longer works - it would appear that Mikes domain no longer exists. For posteriety (and because I’ve just had a customer...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 8:02 AM by At the Coalface : A BizTalk Blog

Filed under: BizTalk 2006, BizTalk 2004, SQL Server

SQL Server Service Broker 2008 Conversation Priorities

Lately, I've been spending some time working with SQL Server 2008. There are a lot of innovative features included in the latest CTP on both the DB and BI engines that are worth checking. I plan to keep blogging about it during the next weeks. On...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2007 11:28 AM by Jesus Rodriguez's WebLog

Filed under: Architecture, SQL Server, .NET Framework, Service Broker

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A Helpful SQL Server DBA Checklist

SQL Server 2008: Script Data

Sharepoint support for SQL 2008

Tracking Down Deadlocks using SQL Profiler

MsgBoxViewer to quickly find BizTalk production issue

I survived Teched

Searching Inside Stored Procedures

Why Archive and Purge when you can just Purge?

Diagnosing Performance Problems in SQL Server

Truncating the BizTalk 2006 Tracking Database

Report Manager 2005 Help ï»¿

Can I get some BI with this?

SQL Server Data Services

SQL Server 2008

An Easier Way to do Complex FOR XML EXPLICIT

Further BizTalk & MSDTC Issues

Renaming a SQL Server Instance

Cleaning up BAM Activity Instances

Truncating the BizTalkDTADb Database

SQL Server Service Broker 2008 Conversation Priorities