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The Changing World of BI, A New White Paper for Magenic

In the ever changing landscape that is Business Intelligence (or is that Business Analytics?), a fellow business analyst from Magenic,...  Read more...
By DataOnWheels 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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New Page - "How to Get Involved With the SQL Server Community"

I recently composed an email (on the side) for a client DBA looking for info on getting involved with the...  Read more...
By @DBA_ANDY 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Recently Recompiled Resource Hogs

It’s not too uncommon for a query to get a new execution plan that performs a lot worse than it...  Read more...
By SteveHood79 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Special Recognition For Top Community Leaders In India

I got a special recognition from Microsoft, India as one of the top community leaders. My sincere thanks to SQLServerCentral (my...  Read more...
By Ramkumar (LivingForSQLServer) 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 3 Scalar UDF’s

To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...  Read more...
By Richard Douglas 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Dealing with Auditors: Password Settings

Yet again I've seen an audit request where the auditor wants the DBA to show what SQL Server's settings are...  Read more...
By 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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ORDER BY the numbers

Have you ever needed to order by a calculated column? You might have written it something like this: SELECT LoginID, YEAR(HireDate)...  Read more...
By Kenneth Fisher 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Speakers: Rehearsals Help

Today was a rehearsal day. Actually the last 2-3 days of work have been split between rehearsing talks that I’m...  Read more...
By Steve Jones 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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SSAS – Automatic Inventory Generation – 24 Columns – HTML Attachment

Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...  Read more...
By Prashanth Jayaram 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Low-rate recruiters – The bane of my existence

There is nothing more annoying to me in my profession than getting calls and emails from recruiters who are looking...  Read more...
By 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Reading Traces

Capturing information is useless unless you know how to use it. Here’s what I use to get the most out...  Read more...
By SteveHood79 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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SQL Server – Update Table with INNER JOIN

Often we may need to update a column in a table based of another column in another table. In SQL Server...  Read more...
By Vishal.Gajjar 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Pivoting weird data in SSIS – Sort of…

Sometimes we get data in some bad forms. For example look at the below table: The names and the amounts are...  Read more...
By MikeDavis 2013/06/18 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates Released

Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. One is for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service...  Read more...
By 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Kindle vs Library

Since I bought a Nexus 7 (two of them, I broke the first one) I’ve been interested to see if...  Read more...
By Andy Warren 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Is $160 Per Day a Lot?

Recently I was in a small coffee/sandwich shop for early morning coffee and while waiting watched one of the employees...  Read more...
By Andy Warren 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Interesting Approach-One Time Tools

Recently I ordered a Paolini Pocket Rule from Woodpecker. It is one of a series of OneTime Tools they’ve produced...  Read more...
By Andy Warren 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #37

For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...  Read more...
By StrateSQL 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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SQL in the City Goes Mobile

This week is the kickoff of the third year of SQL in the City from Red Gate. As we have...  Read more...
By Steve Jones 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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Natural Born Killers (The series)

To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...  Read more...
By Richard Douglas 2013/06/19 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs
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