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Automating SQL Traces

Capturing the activity on a server when a problem occurs can be a challenge for many DBAs. This article shows how you can automate the capture of information when a CPU spike occurs.  Read more...
By Clark Froebe 2013/05/23 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: sql trace
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Backup and Restore SQL Server with the SQL Server 2012 PowerShell cmdlets

There are plenty of occasions when it makes a lot of sense to do backup and restore scripts in PowerShell. Microsoft have put effort into making it much easier, as Allen White demonstrates.  Read more...
By Additional Articles 2013/05/23 | Source: SimpleTalk | Category: sql server 2012
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Transaction Log Stairway Series available as a book

Red Gate Books has released SQL Server Transaction Log Management, a free eBook on maintaining and troubleshooting the enigmatic transaction log based on the Stairway Series.  Read more...
By Press Release 2013/05/23 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: books
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Data Mining Introduction Part 5: the Neural Network Algorithm

This is the 5th article about Data Mining with SQL Server. This chapter is about Neural Networks.  Read more...
By Daniel Calbimonte 2013/05/22 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: data mining
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Paging Data with T-SQL

Greg Larsen shares a number of different TSQL methods to provide paging functionality, for when your application requires that you display only one page of data at a time.  Read more...
By Additional Articles 2013/05/22 | Source: Database Journal | Category: paging data
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Power View for Cubes

This document evaluates the latest functionality provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2012 With Power View for Multidimensional Models[1], this SQL Server 2012 CTP release allows connections between Power View and Multidimensional Models ( cubes) and not just Tabular Models.  Read more...
By Ivan Paniagua 2013/05/21 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: power view
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Centralizing SQL Server Express Job Scheduling

I'm interested in monitoring all my SQL Server backups, but for SQL Server Express we're currently using scheduled backups using Windows Task scheduler on each SQL Server Express since SQL Agent does not come installed on Express Editions. Is there an alternative where I can utilize my existing SQL Server infrastructure?  Read more...
By Additional Articles 2013/05/21 | Source: MSSQLTips.com
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How Maintenance Plans are a Big Plus for SQL Server Administration

SQL Server 2012 makes your database maintenance jobs easy by proving an effective Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard does a fair job of creating core maintenance plans for your database.  Read more...
By Prett Sons 2013/05/20 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: maintenance plans
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SQLServerCentral Hosts AdventureWorks on Azure

SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software have agreed to host the AdventureWorks database on the Azure platform and give free access to anyone that wants to practice querying it.  Read more...
By Press Release 2013/05/20 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: adventureworks
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Connecting to AdventureWorks on Azure

A quick guide for connecting to our free copy of AdventureWorks on the Azure platform.  Read more...
By Steve Jones 2013/05/20 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: adventureworks
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Azure does Powershell too

Or, I guess it might be more appropriate to say that Powershell does Azure. Regardless, there are a set of...  Read more...
By Grant Fritchey 2013/05/23 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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The many uses of CROSS APPLY

Over the last few years of studying SQL I’ve noticed 4 different uses for the command CROSS APPLY. In the first...  Read more...
By Kenneth Fisher 2013/05/23 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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REPLICATE

By Mike Bova 2013/05/23 | Category: t-sql
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What is returned from this query?


SELECT
REPLICATE('12',1)
, REPLICATE('12',0)
, REPLICATE('12',-1)
, REPLICATE('12',1.5)  Read more...
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