Should I be using uni-code data types?
In reality uni-code may not be needed in your environment. If you are storing only Latin characters (the US alphabet characters) then you probably don’t need to store uni-code characters.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, spend the day with family.
I know that this is normally a technical blog, but with the US Thanksgiving day holiday coming tomorrow I wanted to be sure to point out that time needs to be made out of our busy work schedules to make sure that we spend time with our families. It’s very important that we find a […]
Microsoft Announces SQL Server 2008 November CTP
Microsoft announced at TechEd in Barcelona, Spain that the SQL Server 2008 November CTP would be made available this month. Read more here. —> Update… Microsoft has just posted the URL to download the new CTP. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BF4C5CA-B905-4EBC-8901-1D4C1D1DA884&displaylang=en
New tip published: Update SQL Server table statistics for performance kick
A new tip has been published over at SearchSQLServer.com entitled Update SQL Server table statistics for performance kick.