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CHAPTER 4
SQL Server
Management Studio
IN THIS CHAPTER
. What’s New in SSMS
. The Integrated Environment
. Administration Tools
. Development Tools
SQL ServerManagementStudio (SSMS) is...
... successfully.
TSQL_Duration
Traces the total execution time for each completed SQL statement or RPC.
TSQL_Grouped Traces the star t of SQL statements and RPCs, g rou ped by Application,
NTUser, LoginName, ... displayed next to the column in the column list.
The filtering options in SQLServer2008 are similar to those available in SQLServer 2005.
Which options are available depends on the type of column ...
wildcard, such as Microsoft SQLServerManagement Studio. This filtering option is
available for text data columns and data columns that contain name information,
such as NTUserName and ApplicationName.
....
...
the latest SQLServer2008 functionality through this provider.
. Microsoft OLE DB provider for SQLServer This OLE DB provider, known as
SQLOLEDB, is specialized for accessing SQLServer data ... to SQLServer2008 using ODBC, you use a connec-
tion string or a DSN that is accessible to the client application at runtime. The ODBC
driver used with SQLServer 2000 (simply called SQL Server) ... Microsoft ODBC driver for SQLServer This is the ODBC driver distributed with
MDAC for accessing SQLServer databases. COM applications can continue to use it
to access SQLServer 2008, or they can...
... 2008
Reporting
Server
Rpt DB
SQL Server2008
North America
Region
Regionalization
(multiple owners)
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Europe
Region
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Primary
Failover
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Hot ... 2008
Hot Spare
(Fail-over)
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
USA
(Headquarters)
Enabling/Partitioning
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Europe
Server
xyz DB
SQL Server2008
Asia
Server
xyz DB
FIGURE 19.2 Data replication ... of SQL statements being
replicated across the network versus standard DML statements.
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Primary
OLTP
Reporting/ODS
OLTP DB
SQL Server2008
Reporting
Server
Rpt...
... the sysadmin server role,
so you should ensure that now. Then you use the following steps to configure a server as a
distributor (remote distributor):
1. In SQLServerManagement Studio, locate ... with the ROWGUIDCOL prop-
erty, SQLServer automatically uses that column for the row identifier. If not, SQLServer
adds a column called rowguid to the table. SQLServer also places an index on ... administer this password through SQL
Server ManagementStudio directly. The wizard then summarizes what actions you
want to take place, such as configure the distribution server or generate a script...
... columns are the best candidates. SQL Profiler is discussed in more detail
in Chapter 6, SQLServer Profiler.” In addition, Chapter 34 discusses the use of the SQL
Server Profiler and Database ... advantages.
Creating Indexes with T -SQL
Transact -SQL (T -SQL) is the most fundamental means for creating an index. This method
was available in all previous versions of SQL Server. It is a very powerful ... these indexes make up the bulk of this effort.
Managing Indexes with T -SQL
One of the T -SQL features available with SQLServer2008 is the ALTER INDEX statement.
This statement simplifies many of...
...
remained the same in SQLServer2008. Several features that
were added in SQLServer 2005, such as cascading integrity
constraints, are still supported in SQLServer2008. The lack
of change ... comprehensive in
2005 and remain so in 2008.
Keep in mind that bound defaults, which were deprecated
in SQLServer 2005, are still available in SQLServer2008.
For now, you can still use this ... managing indexes with T -SQL, but the ALTER INDEX statement
provides the bulk of what you need. Many of the other T -SQL options that you may have
used for managing indexes in SQLServer 2000 and earlier,...
... versions
of SQLServer that did not support the reuse of execution plans for T -SQL statements or
batches. Applications connecting to SQLServer 2000 and higher should use the
sp_executesql system ... quite simple. SQLServer parses the commands sent to it in
a batch by searching for keywords. Stored procedure names aren’t keywords. If SQL
Server finds a procedure name among the SQL statements, ...
words, it allows you to specify which user account SQLServer should use to validate
permissions on the database objects referenced by the stored procedure. The user execut-
ing the stored procedure,...
... Using SQLServer
Management Studio
One of the great tools available in the SQLServer 2000 Query Analyzer, the built-in SQL
Debugger, was left out of SQLServerManagementStudio (SSMS) in SQLServer ... 2005.
Fortunately, SQLServer2008 brings the T -SQL debugger back to SSMS.
The Transact -SQL debugger in SQLServerManagementStudio enables you to step through
Transact -SQL scripts, stored ... login IDs, usernames, and so on.
SQL Server Profiler stored
procedures
Used by SQLServer Profiler to monitor performance and activity.
SQL Server Agent stored
procedures
Used by SQLServer Agent...
... Caching
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Although SQLServer can also match query plans for ad hoc SQL statements, there are
some limitations as to when a plan can be reused. For SQLServer to match SQL state-
ments to existing ... subsequent SQL statements, the Database Engine first checks to see
whether an existing execution plan for the same SQL statement already resides in the plan
cache. If it finds one, SQLServer attempts ... Here’s an example:
sp_executesql N’select t.title, pubdate from bigpubs2008.dbo.authors a
join bigpubs2008.dbo.titleauthor ta on a.au_id = ta.au_id
join bigpubs2008.dbo.titles t on ta.title_id...
... processor in SQLServer2008 includes parallel query processing—an execution
strategy that can improve the performance of complex queries on computers with more
than one processor.
SQL Server inserts ... how many
are allocated to SQL Server?
If two or more processors are allocated to SQL Server, it can use parallel queries.
. What is the number of concurrent active users?
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simply states that if A=B and B=C, then A=C. SQLServer supports the transitive property
in its query predicates. Predicate transitivity enables SQLServer to infer a join equality
from two given...
... 35.8 provides a sample plan guide created for a simple SQL statement.
LISTING 35.8 Creating a Plan Guide for a Simple SQL Statement
sp_create_plan _guide @name = N’PlanGuide1’,
@stmt = N’SELECT ... is to capture the batch
or statement text from SQLServer Profiler. (See Chapter 6 for more information on
using SQLServer Profiler to capture SQL queries.) Also, as with the XML query plans ... (<> or !=) comparisons
. References to functions
SQL Server2008 enables you to override the default simple parameterization behavior of
SQL Server and provide parameterization for more complex...
... version of SQL Server. It is recommended that you switch
to using the SET SHOWPLAN_XML option instead.
Query Statistics
In addition to the new dynamic management objects, SQLServer2008 still ... of other SQLServer activity. Generally speaking, the queries with the fewest logical
reads are the fastest queries. If you want to monitor the overall cache hit ratio for all SQL
Server activity ... all SQL
Server activity to evaluate the SQLServer memory configuration, use the Performance
Monitor, which is discussed in Chapter 39, “Monitoring SQLServer Performance.”
STATISTICS TIME
You...
... Lock Activity in SQL Server
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Viewing Locking Activity with SQLServer Profiler
Another tool to help you monitor locking activity in SQLServer2008 is SQL Server
Profiler. SQLServer Profiler ... of SQLServer 2008, the SQLServer performance counters are listed under
the name of the SQLServer instance rather than under the generic
SQLServer perfor-
mance counters.
You can use the
SQLServer:Locks ... Performance Monitor for monitoring SQL Server
performance, see Chapter 39, “Monitoring SQLServer Performance.”
SQL Server Lock Types
Locking is handled automatically in SQL Server. The Lock Manager chooses...
... starting SQL Server
Agent, see Chapter 16, SQLServer Scheduling and Notification”).
2. In Object Explorer in SSMS, expand the server instance that will host the MDW and
expand the
Management ... AdventureWorks200 8R2 database.
If you want to run reports for any of the monitored servers without having navigate to the
Data Collection node for each server instance, you can open the server instance ... that server. For example, if you click on the link below
Server Activity for the LATITUDED830-W7 server, it displays the Server Activity History
report, as shown in Figure 39.12.
FIGURE 39.11 Management...