Performance Getting the read/write ratio for a database Edit: Please also see in depth comment from Brent Ozar on my main site which extends the query provided below by adding extra columns to give the data more context and general advice
Collations Revised: Difference between collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS and Latin1_General_CI_AS This is a revised post of an original article that I first published in December. Even though I thought that I was very meticulous in my research, something was pointed out to me
Performance Script to analyse space usage by your Service Broker I believe that service broker is one of the best features from SQL server 2005, well along with the xml data type, and I use service broker a lot for messaging between solutions.
Performance Convert comma separated string to table and vice versa I know that this subject has been blogged about numerous times but I thought I'd post an alternative way of shredding a comma separated string to a table that I come up with
Xml Simple XML exist performance enhancement I came across this really simple best practice from BOL for the xml method exist which when used will give you a much cleaner and faster query plan. If like me you commonly