SQL Server Magazine December 2008

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Planning and Implementing a SQL Server Cluster
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.
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[Focus]

Planning and Implementing a SQL Server Cluster

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




[Features]

Integrating SQL Server 2008 Spatial Capabilities with Microsoft Virtual Earth

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

SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture

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.




[Editorial]

Up in the Air over Cloud Computing This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

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




[Reader to Reader]

Don't Let Poison Messages Kill Processing in SQL Server 2005's Service Broker This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

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.




[T-SQL Black Belt]

Handling Arrays

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




[New Products]

New Products

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




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Top 20 SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition–Only Features This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

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




[Tool Time with Kevin Kline]

SQL Server 2008 Extended Events Manager This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

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



 

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