How to use Stopwords and Stoplist to improve SQL Server Full-Text Search (FTS)
The current article is about Stopwords and Stoplist usage. The aim is to make Full-Text Search more...
Deploying a Certificate for Encrypted Connection SQL Server
Introduction Last year we got a requirement to ensure encrypted connections to our SQL Server instances. Before, we did not think it was...
How to Configure Database Mail in SQL Server
INTRODUCTION Notifications are usual in most modern systems. SQL Server implemented means of sending notifications by email early with the...
How to Make Sense of SQL Server Geography Data Type
SQL Server Geography data type is unlike other types simply because you don’t use it often....
Configuring AlwaysOn Availability Groups on SQL Server
INTRODUCTION This document describes the steps and additional information necessary to configure AlwaysOn Availability Groups for HA and DR...
Restoring the SQL Server Master Database
INTRODUCTION The master database contains records of the structure/configuration for both the current instance and all other databases....
SQL Server System Databases – Basic Concepts
Introduction The SQL Server design implies a one-to-many mapping between the database engine...
Workplace Encounters: Reclaiming Space from an Oversized Database
INTRODUCTION This document records steps, scripts, and ideology behind the maintenance performed on a production database between 22nd...
How To Migrate SQL Server Jobs From One SQL Server Instance To Another
Introduction In a previous article, we highlighted that the msdb database stores practically all objects related to automation. In this...
SQL Server Lock Escalation
Introduction Relational databases follow the ACID properties in how they implement transactions –...
