Planning and Implementing a SQL Server Cluster

December 2008

The effort of creating and configuring a database cluster pales in comparison to the hours or days a restore can take. A failover cluster can reduce outages to only a few seconds.

Top 20 SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition–Only Features

By Michael Otey

Not all SQL Server 2008 editions are created equal—check out 20 cool features that are found only in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

Integrating SQL Server 2008 Spatial Capabilities with Microsoft Virtual Earth

By Tyler Chessman

See how to put the SQL Server 2008 GEOGRAPHY and GEOMETRY data types to work in your applications.

JavaScript Development

By Tyler Chessman

Learn about two solutions that make writing JavaScript easier

Using the MapPoint Web Service to Fix a Bug in AdventureWorks2008

By Tyler Chessman

See how a new application uses geocoding to fix some AdventureWorks2008 spatial values

Planning and Implementing a SQL Server Cluster

By Denny Cherry

Create a failover cluster to get SQL Server up and running quickly in the event of a hardware failure.

Up in the Air over Cloud Computing

By Michael Otey

Do you want to run SQL Server and other mission-critical applications from the cloud?

New Products

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Check out new and improved SQL Server–related products from SiSense, Embarcadero Technologies, Fortinet, InstallAware, and xhoto.

Don't Let Poison Messages Kill Processing in SQL Server 2005's Service Broker

By Dejan Nakarada-Kordic

Here's a solution you can use when you need to disable XML validation yet have Service Broker continue processing when it encounters a poison message.

Handling Arrays

By Itzik Ben-Gan

One way to use arrays as input for stored procedures is to employ dynamic SQL.

SQL Server 2008 Extended Events Manager

By Kevin Kline

Use this free tool to create and modify Extended Events sessions and metadata files.

SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture

By Derek Comingore

The new, asynchronous CDC feature built into the SQL Server 2008 relational database engine replaces the need to create custom CDC solutions and provides better performance.

Creating Mount Points

By Denny Cherry

If you have a very large SQL Server database and want to add drive space and I/O capacity to a drive, follow these instructions to creating a mount point within the drive.

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