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The Job Posting - Do I really have to be the SQL God?

Looking for a job in the SQL Server industry can be a challenge for many people. Craig Farrell examines part of this process in his look at job postings and how you can interpret them.  Read more...
By Craig Farrell 2013/05/24 (first published: 2011/04/14) | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: career
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SQL Server Sample Databases

This is a landing page for the sample SQL Server databases we are aware of.  Read more...
By Site Owners 2013/05/24 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: adventureworks
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Using source data from an SSRS report in PowerPivot for Excel

In this tip we would look using an existing SSRS report to provide the data for PowerPivot in Excel.  Read more...
By Additional Articles 2013/05/24 | Source: MSSQLTips.com | Category: ssrs
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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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Temp Tables

By Sergiy 2013/05/24 | Category: t-sql
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You are trying to execute the following code:


DECLARE @MoreColumns bit;
SET @MoreColumns = 1

IF @MoreColumns = 0
CREATE TABLE #Table (
id int,
name varchar(50)
)
ELSE
CREATE TABLE #Table (
id int,
name varchar(50),
Description varchar(8000),
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