... of SQLServer Implementations
Network
Database Mirroring Topology with
Snapshots
SQL Server2008
SQL Server2008
Mirror Server
Principal
Server
Role: PARTNER
Role: PARTNER
SQL Server2008 ...
new to SQLServer2008. Others chapters in this book
discuss the components of SSMS and provide more
detailed coverage.
What’s New in SSMS
SSMS is loaded with new features in SQLServer2008. ...
Advanced Server
Windows 2003
Advanced Server
SQL Server2008
(Virtual SQL Server)
SCSI
Local
Binaries
Local
Binaries
ASPProd1
E:
C:
C:
Master DB
TempDB
HOE DB
ASPProd2
SQL Server2008 (physical)
SQL...
... completed SQL statement or RPC.
TSQL_Grouped Traces the star t of SQL statements and RPCs, g rou ped by Application,
NTUser, LoginName, and ClientProcessId.
TSQL_Locks
Traces the completion of SQL ... information.
TSQL
Traces the star t of SQL statements and RPCs. This template is useful for
debugging client applications where some of the statements are not complet-
ing successfully.
TSQL_Duration ... filters on
one screen. One of the biggest advantages of the SQLServer2008 Events Selection tab is
that you can easily determine which data columns will be populated for each event by
looking...
... decrease in performance.) Setting it up requires both server- side and
client-side configuration changes; this section covers only the client-side changes in detail.
SQL Server2008 enables encryption ... top-level
node (SQL Server Configuration Manager (servername)) and then you click the SQL
Native Client 10.0 Configuration node. Below it, you click the Client Protocols node
to reveal the enabled ... of any SQLServer2008 installation or upgrade
. As a custom application installation dependency
When you are building MSI files for an application, it is important that you register
sqlncli.msi...
... 2008
Reporting
Server
Rpt DB
SQL Server2008
North America
Region
Regionalization
(multiple owners)
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Europe
Region
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Primary
Failover
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Hot ...
(Fail-over)
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
USA
(Headquarters)
Enabling/Partitioning
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Europe
Server
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Asia
Server
xyz DB
FIGURE 19.2 Data replication scenarios.
. ...
CreditCardApprovalCode
CurrencyRateID
SubTotal
TaxAmt
Freight
TotalDue
Comment
rowguid
ModifiedDate
Cust_Orders
Cust_Orders
SalesOrderHeader (Article)
SalesOrderDetail (Article)
SalesOrderDetail (Sales)...
... that column for the row identifier. If not, SQLServer
adds a column called rowguid to the table. SQLServer also places an index on this
rowguid column.
Next, SQLServer adds triggers to the ... Studio, locate the Replication node under the server
that will be the distributor (under the SQL0 8DE0 2 named instance node). Right-click
the Replication node and choose Configure Distribution. ... configuration. The following SQLServer
named instances are used for different purposes (as shown in Figure 19.25):
. Publisher—A SQL0 8DE0 1 named instance
. Distributor—A SQL0 8DE0 2 named instance (REMOTE...
...
arise. Index adjustments and maintenance of these indexes make up the bulk of this effort.
Managing Indexes with T -SQL
One of the T -SQL features available with SQLServer2008 is the ALTER INDEX statement. ... ptg
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Managing Indexes
screen to specify the index options, and then you can click the Script button to generate
all the T -SQL statements needed to create the index. You can then save this script ... difference between a
nonclustered index and clustered index is that the leaf row of a nonclustered index is
independent of the data rows in the table. The leaf level of a nonclustered index contains...
... can implement the custom code in many different ways to enforce the integrity of
your data. The custom code can also be a detriment; the lack of consistency and potential
inefficiencies in ... constraints, and IDENTITY proper-
ties.
Referential Integrity
Referential integrity preserves the defined relationships between tables. You can define such
a relationship in SQLServer by relating ... have enough space for your log to grow; otherwise, the
online index operation could fail.
Indexes on Views
SQL Server2008 supports the creation of indexes on views. Like indexes on tables, indexes...
... are dependent on the ownership chain that exists
between the calling procedure and referenced objects. For example, if the creator of a
stored procedure also owns the table that it references, ... provided for backward compatibility with earlier versions
of SQLServer that did not support the reuse of execution plans for T -SQL statements or
batches. Applications connecting to SQLServer ... searching for keywords. Stored procedure names aren’t keywords. If SQL
Server finds a procedure name among the SQL statements, chances are that SQL
Server will return an error message because it...
... SQL
Debugger, was left out of SQLServer Management Studio (SSMS) in SQLServer 2005.
Fortunately, SQLServer2008 brings the T -SQL debugger back to SSMS.
The Transact -SQL debugger in SQLServer ... usage
master 1 C:\MSSQL2008\MSSQL10 .SQL2 008UNLEASHED\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf PRIMARY
4096 KB Unlimited 10% data only
mastlog 2 C:\MSSQL2008\MSSQL10 .SQL2 008UNLEASHED\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf NULL ... T -SQL Debugger, the query editor window must be connected to
SQL Server as a member of the
sysadmin server role.
NOTE
Debugging of T -SQL code should be done only on a test or development server, ...
... sys.dm_exec _sql_ text—Returns the text of the SQL statement for a specified
plan handle.
. sys.dm_exec_cached_plan_dependent_objects—Returns one row for every
dependent object of a compiled plan.
. sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes—Returns ... the degree of parallelism.
When you execute subsequent SQL statements, the Database Engine first checks to see
whether an existing execution plan for the same SQL statement already resides in ... avoid the unnecessary recompilation of statements that do not require it, SQLServer
2008 performs statement-level recompilation: only the statement inside the batch or
stored procedure that requires...
... Time”,
MIN(query_stats.statement_text) AS “Statement Text”
FROM
(SELECT QS.*,
SUBSTRING(ST.text, (QS.statement_start_offset/2) + 1,
((CASE statement_end_offset
WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(ST.text)
ELSE QS.statement_end_offset ... B=C, then A=C. SQLServer supports the transitive property
in its query predicates. Predicate transitivity enables SQLServer to infer a join equality
from two given equalities. Consider the ... query, you can determine the key differences
between them by comparing the columns associated with the plan’s cache keys to see
where the differences lie.
TIP
If SQLServer has been running for...
... (<> or !=) comparisons
. References to functions
SQL Server2008 enables you to override the default simple parameterization behavior of
SQL Server and provide parameterization for more complex ... level.
Listing 35.8 provides a sample plan guide created for a simple SQL statement.
LISTING 35.8 Creating a Plan Guide for a Simple SQL Statement
sp_create_plan_guide @name = N’PlanGuide1’,
@stmt = N’SELECT ... exceed SQLServer s row size
limit. If this happens, SQLServer generates an error during query execution. When
the ROBUST PLAN hint is specified, the Query Optimizer does not consider any...
... batch.
NodeId
The ID of the node in the current query.
Parent
The node ID of the parent operator for the current operator.
PhysicalOp
Physical operator description for the current node.
LogicalOp ... Analysis
When the SHOWPLAN_TEXT option is set to ON, execution plan information about all subse-
quent SQLServer2008 statements is returned until the option is set to OFF. Also, all subse-
quent commands ... query
needs them. When you are scanning a table or index, the table’s index allocation map
pages (IAMs) are looked at to determine which extents belong to the object. An extent
consists of eight...
... instance rather than a default
instance of SQLServer 2008, the SQLServer performance counters are listed under
the name of the SQLServer instance rather than under the generic
SQLServer perfor-
mance ... Activity in SQL Server
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Viewing Locking Activity with SQLServer Profiler
Another tool to help you monitor locking activity in SQLServer2008 is SQL Server
Profiler. SQLServer Profiler provides a ... lock events in SQLServer Profiler.
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FIGURE 37.4 Choosing counters for the SQLServer:Locks performance object in
Performance Monitor.
NOTE
If you are monitoring a SQLServer2008 named...
... Management Data Warehouse Wizard, perform the following
tasks on the SQLServer instance where you want to host the MDW:
1. Ensure that SQLServer Agent is running (for information on starting SQL Server
Agent, ... for AdventureWorks200 8R2 database.
If you want to run reports for any of the monitored servers without having navigate to the
Data Collection node for each server instance, you can open the server ... Server
Agent, see Chapter 16, SQLServer Scheduling and Notification”).
2. In Object Explorer in SSMS, expand the server instance that will host the MDW and
expand the
Management node for that server.
3....