Cut to the Cache: Shortcut to ASP.NET 2.0 Performance

July 2006

William Sheldon explains how ASP.NET 2.0 capabilities such as new callback functions and enhanced caching options will help boost your Web site's performance at the client, Web server, and database tiers.

Catch That Bug!

By Itzik Ben-Gan

Using SQL Server 2000, you want to query the Orders table in the Northwind database and return certain attributes per each order. But you don't get what you want. What went wrong?

Life Cycle Tools for the Data Dude

By Karen Forster

Get the inside story on Microsoft's new database development tool, Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (VSDB Pro), which its creators hope will bridge the gap between database and application developers.

Using msdb Backup Tables

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Microsoft’s Gert Drapers explains techniques for getting valuable information from SQL Server’s msdb backup tables.

Custom Aggregations: Specialized Solutions

By Itzik Ben-Gan

In this final part of a four-part series about custom aggregations, we look at a class of solutions that relies on specialized solutions.

ASP.NET 2.0: Cache In on Performance Shortcuts

By William Sheldon

Take advantage of callback functions and enhanced caching options to boost your Web application’s performance at the client, Web server, and database tiers.

Vendor Briefs, July 2006

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Our editors share insights from their conversations with Insightix, MRC, Diskeeper, and Oracle.

A Tale of Two Architectures

By Michael Otey

Both the AMD Opteron and the Intel EM64T processors are x64 compatible and capable of running 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x64 applications at full speed. However, you'll find significant differences between the processors and the system architectures they use.

SQL Server Backup and Recovery

By John Green

Needs to maintain application availability, to stash copies of data in safe, remote locations, and to be able to readily recover data have given rise to new SQL Server 2005 features, as well as new backup and recovery strategies.

New Products, July 2006

By Blake Eno

Check out new and improved SQL Server–related products.

Delivering Analysis Services Data with Reporting Services

By Craig Utley

Learn how to use Reporting Services to give business users access to complex Analysis Services data--in a user-friendly format.

Relational Luddites

By Michelle A. Poolet

Learn how a database consultant was able to help a DBA understand some of the inherent weaknesses of using a flat-file database, and move toward normalizing the data in a relational database.

SQL Server Profiler: 2005 vs. 2000

By Brian Moran

There's been a change; SQL Server Profiler running under SQL Server 2005 now captures duration values at a higher level of granularity.

Diving In to Object-Storage Metadata

By Kalen Delaney

Learn about new views in SQL Server 2005 that replace SQL Server 2000's sysindexes system table and give you access to storage-related metadata for database objects.

When Upgrading, Check Compatibility Level

By Brian Moran

When you upgrade to SQL Server 2005, remember to check to make sure the compatibility level has changed to a value of 90 during the upgrade process.

Check Out the New SQL Server 2005 Report Packs

By Brian Moran

Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2005 Report Packs, which provides 65 reports that are designed to help you author and generate reports for your environment in a timely manner.

HP ProLiant DL 585

By Michael Otey

Check out the HP ProLiant DL585—the enterprise-class 4-way, 64-bit server that's setting new benchmarks in performance, thanks to its dual-core AMD Opteron configuration.

The Logical Puzzle

By Itzik Ben-Gan

Can you prove that a hiker, ascending and descending a mountain on two separate days, visits a certain point along a mountain path at the same time of day on both days?

Duration and CPU Values

By Brian Moran

An anomaly in SQL Server 2005 Profiler's GUI can be confusing. Here's the scoop on how SQL Server 2005 displays duration and CPU values.

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