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Installing MS Dynamics CRM 4.0 on a SQL Server 2008 Database Server with a...
Several months back, I was installing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on a Microsoft 2008 Server running IIS7 while attempting to place the database on a Microsoft 2008 Server running SQL Server 2008...
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How To: Implement Encrypted Database Connections (SSL) for SQL Server 2008 on...
One way to access data from an SQL Server database over the internet is to use an encrypted connection directly to your database. This method is secure and much faster than using traditional ASMX or...
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How To: Use SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Web Parts on a WSS 3.0 site...
I encountered a situation where they had reporting services installed in Native mode and were running a three server WSS 3.0 web farm and wanted to access the features of reporting services without...
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How to backup all SQL Server Databases in an instance using sp_msforeachdb...
If you need to make a quick backup of all databases in a single instance, you can make use of the built-in sp_msforeachdb procedure to iterate through all the databases in your instance and make a...
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How to create IsAlphaNumeric, IsAlpha, IsNumeric functions or use RegEx...
There are times in T-SQL when you need to check a string to determine if it contains any special characters or numbers. Using some of the built-in RegEx style operands in SQL Server, you can make...
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How To Shrink All Database Log Files – Using Microsoft DPM for SQL Server
Being a SQL Server DBA for a while now, I was very used to performing database maintenance what some folks consider the ‘old fashion’ way, including my backups. I liked seeing by weekly .bak file,...
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Unable to Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Tools – Complete and Unable...
I ran in to an issue after upgrading an SQL Server 2008 R2 SP0 Express installation to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Standard Edition where I tried to create maintenance plans but then was unable to edit the...
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SQL Server XML – FOR XML PATH not returning empty XML for NULLS, OMITTING NULLS
I have a simple query that joins an Appointments table to a Calendars table (INNER JOIN). Then I have a situation where if the Appointment item is associated with a Lead, it is joined to the Leads...
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How to get the Server Name, Instance Name, Computer Name, Data Path, Log Path...
From time to time I need to write dynamic scripts that need the current instance name and sometimes more specifically, the actually Computer Name that I am on in the cluster that I am working with....
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How to move all Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Databases to a New Instance of SQL...
I wrote a blog post on how to move SQL Server instances from one cluster to another cluster late last year and found myself needing to move a SharePoint instance from a standalone Hyper-V machine to...
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