SQL Server Magazine April 2000

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SQL Server Performance Tools
Track down database performance problems with SQL Server 7.0's impressive arsenal of tools: SQL Profiler, the Flight Recorder, and the Index Tuning Wizard. SQL Server MVP Itzik Ben-Gan shows you how to use the Profiler tool to define a trace, how to use the Flight Recorder function to trace the last 100 queries processed, and how to use the Index Tuning Wizard to analyze queries against the database.
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[Focus]

Boost Performance with the Index Tuning Wizard

Like magic, the ITW analyzes queries run against your database and recommends which indexes to create.

Problem-Solving with SQL Profiler

Put SQL Server 7.0's tracing functions to work investigating everything from long-running queries to deadlocks.

Trace That Event with SQL Server Profiler

Get started with SQL Server 7.0's powerful tracing architecture by learning how to use the graphical Profiler tool to define a trace. Also, use the Flight Recorder function to trace the last 100 queries processed.




[Features]

ColdFusion and SQL Server

Is ColdFusion the right Web development environment for you? This overview of how ColdFusion works can help you decide.

Creating Horizontally Partitioned Views

Horizontally partitioned views can improve query performance and help you maintain high data availability with low overhead cost.

Remote Data Services in Action

Build high-performing, interactive Web-based solutions on the familiar client/server model for data access.




[Editorial]

Taming the Web

A recent study by Zona Research revealed that more Web servers access SQL Server than any other database. Here's how to implement simplicity, scalability, and security for your Web-based databases.




[Reader Challenge]

Moving Files

Find out how to move database log files with minimal downtime.




[Reader to Reader]

Merging Data into SQL Server

ActiveX controls simplify replication for remote users.




[SQL Server Q&A]

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Richard Waymire answers readers' questions about installing SQL Server desktop edition, creating user-defined functions, and more.




[SQL Seven]

Online VB Resources

A list of some of the best sites on the Web for Visual Basic (VB).




[SQL Server/Office Integration]

Adapting BOL Examples for Access

Learn by example by using stored procedures from Books Online with Access projects.




[Inside SQL Server]

Property Functions, Schema Views

Use these SQL Server 7.0 features to access meta data.




[Web Dev]

Scripts for Remote Management

Create a reusable ASP script that you can reuse for many data-management purposes.




[Mastering Analysis]

The Zen of MDX

Progress through the levels of Multidimensional Expression (MDX) mastery to harness this language's power.




[Solutions by Design]

Data Modeling

Build a more effective database by constructing a data model.




[Special Reports]

BackOffice ERP & Beyond

This supplement highlights business management applications that run on the Microsoft BackOffice platform. This .pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat. Visit Adobe to download the reader.