I have a linked server and I'm having a tough time referencing it properly.<BR><BR>If I open SQL Management Studio and run a query on the server itself it works great.<BR><BR>However, I want to take ...

When using linked servers, I believe, all processing occurs on the calling server. For processing to occur on the linked server you would use OpenQuery.

So you decided to set up log shipping in order to establish a failover server, but what's next? Log shipping only takes care of keeping a user database in sync from one server to the other. In the ...

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

PolyServe has released a utility for Microsoft’s SQL Server that aims to make it easier for enterprises to consolidate their database servers and cluster them for better performance and availability, ...