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Generate SSRS reports from a SSIS Package

Ravindra Chhabria from SQLServerCentral.com

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Getting Started with the New Column Store Index of SQL Server 2012

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Column Store Index, a new feature in SQL Server 2012, improves performance of data warehouse queries several folds. Arshad Ali shows you how to create column store index, and how to use index query hint to include or exclude a column store index. More »

Today's editorial was originally released on Oct 4, 2007. It is being re-run as Steve is out on the SQL in the City US 2012 tour.

WARNING: This editorial contains graphic language. Viewer discretion is advised.

I guess you can probably see this sentence if you can see the one above, but you've been warned.

Someone once told me when I was younger and playing sports that if you walk into the locker room and everyone calls you an a**hole, then you're surrounded by friends. If you walk into the locker room and no one says anything, you're the a**hole.

Over the course of my life I've remembered that quite often and I've noticed that the people I like and whose company I enjoy, I'll pick on, make fun of, joke with, and more. The people I don't like tend to get treated more formal and professional. And I've seen that in many places I've worked and even in social situations. You joke with those you like, or at least respect. And they joke back with you.

So, why is SQL Server better than Oracle?

That's easy. This is SQLServerCentral. Of course, SQL Server is better!

I tend to pick on Oracle more than other databases, mostly because Oracle has dominated the market share and space in the relational market for years. So in many ways they're an easy target. DB2 is up there, but it's not as much fun picking on them for some reason. Maybe because those mainframe guys with their tin foil hats won't listen or respond back :)

But they're a great product and I respect it, and so I pick on it a little. OK, so maybe more than a little, but it's all in fun. If I didn't think Oracle was a worthy competitor to SQL Server, I wouldn't even mention it. Notice that there are some other databases I don't really mention. That's kind of on purpose.

So if you're an Oracle user, and I know there's a few of you out there, don't get upset at the Oracle jokes. They're jokes. It's in fun.

Some of you are so uptight about your Oracle Parallelogram Server and the Really Ancient Cluster servers, and the Sesame Street Documentation. It's not as much fun picking on you when you get too upset.

Life is fun, and you should make every effort to ensure it stays that way. There's plenty of things that keep us serious and demand our attention without making more. Lighten up and fire your own joke back at me.

There's certainly plenty to pick on about me and SQL Server.

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Today's Question:

In SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 or SQL Server 2012, the auto updating of statistics rules are:

1. Minimum threshold of 500 rows in the table.
2. Fixed rate of change with a 20 percent threshold.
3. Uses a default dynamic sample rate based on the # of rows. 

Is there a method / setting that will alter the fixed rate of change threshold ?

By bitbucket

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Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA

Three SQL Server MVPs provide fascinating insight into the most common SQL Server problems, why they occur, and how they can be diagnosed using tools such as Performance Monitor, Dynamic Management Views and server-side tracing. The focus is on practical solutions for removing root causes of these problems, rather than "papering over the cracks". Grab your copy today from Amazon.

I set these

SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF;SET ANSI_PADDING, ANSI_WARNINGS, CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL, ARITHABORT,QUOTED_IDENTIFIER, ANSI_NULLS ON;

I  then execute the following T-SQL

CREATE VIEW dbo.customer_view
  AS
 SELECT
   [CustomerID]
 , [FirstName]
 , [LastName]
 , [Priority]
 , [CreateDate]
  FROM [dbo].[Customer]
   GO

The view is created successfully. I then execute the following T-SQL

CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX IDX_V1
  ON dbo.customer_view ([FirstName],[LastName])

Is the unique clustered index created? 

By bitbucket

Answer: No

Explanation: The index will not be created and you will receive this error:

Msg 1939, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot create index on view 'customer_view' because the view is not schema bound

Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191432.aspx#Restrictions

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Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA

Three SQL Server MVPs provide fascinating insight into the most common SQL Server problems, why they occur, and how they can be diagnosed using tools such as Performance Monitor, Dynamic Management Views and server-side tracing. The focus is on practical solutions for removing root causes of these problems, rather than "papering over the cracks". Grab your copy today from Amazon.

Tables, Queues, and Indices as a Percent of DB Size

Dan Moran-347932 from SQLServerCentral.com

Two views that give you a variety of stats, sortable as a percent of DB size, for tables, indiceses, XML indices, and Service Broker Queues. More »

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