A entirely new version of SQL Server is being developed for 2010  Read more...

A new tool announced today for tired DBAs  Read more...

A new XBOX 360 title is being released today for the DBA in you.  Read more...

Today, in a surprise development that has stunned industry analysts, SQLskills.com announced a new technology for DBAs that will help in the never-ending battle against human-error and unforeseen disasters. The patent-pending Time-Setback technology allows DBAs of SQL Server to literally rewind time and avoid disasters before they happen.  Read more...

Installing SQL Server Reporting Services is just the first step in building the foundation for a solid Reporting Services instance. The second step in the process is configuring Reporting Services to conform to the particulars of your environment. These configurations are made to the RSServer.config file via the Reporting Services Configuration Tool.  Read more...

A discussion on using CTEs to speed the development and maintenance of reports and enhance readability.  Read more...

In Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 there are several ways of achieving the same result. This article introduces how we can create the same report using several different methods.  Read more...

The sp_lock system stored procedure is a great tool for checking the amount of locking that occurs on your database system. It returns the number and types of locks that are being held by current active SQL Server sessions.  Read more...

LINQ to Objects and LINQ to Entities have an arsenal of Standard Query Operators that operate on sequences to perform a wide variety of operations.  Read more...

This white paper presents general information, best practices, and tips for designing charts within Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports. It provides an overview of some Reporting Services features, answers common chart design and feature questions, and includes advanced examples of how to design better charts.  Read more...

In Part 1 of a 3 Part Series Joydip Kanjilal discusses the implementation of a provider independent Data Access Layer in ADO.NET.  Read more...

In SQL Server 2000 or any relational database, the concept of NULL can be both confusing and hazardess to your employment. Not understanding how to work with NULLs can lead to incorrect responses to queries and poor business decisions being made. New author Michael Coles brings us four rules that can help you work with NULL values in your tables.   Read more...

Part two of the interview looks at some design decisions in building a warehouse as well as some of the tools available.  Read more...

Integration Services, which replaces Data Transformation Services (DTS) in SQL Server 2005, is a tool for extracting, transforming, and loading data.  Read more...

If you have configured database mirroring in synchronous with or without automatic failover mode, you can switch to the mirror server instance and make it available to the clients while you perform hardware or software maintenance on the principal server instance. So let’s see how we can do this:  Read more...

ever want to allow people to execute jobs bot not be admins?  Read more...

In our organization, I have noticed that database requirements are never included as a portion of the system requirements. The requirements always focus on the interface and we derive the database design from the interface as well as fill in some of the gaps.  Read more...

In this article Dinesh Priyankara shows how Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals can be used to perform data comparison.  Read more...

An interview with a data warehousing expert Chuck Kelley with some views about the careers in data warehousing.  Read more...

Jacob Sebastian brings a little more complexity to working with XML documents. Here we learn how to iterate through a document and use each node and perform some action on each one.  Read more...

ow to write a stored procedure that permits users to select among many search conditions, using both dynamic and static SQL.  Read more...

This article is to discuss a number of important cluster Group and Resource properties that have significant impact on failover behaviors.  Read more...

This article examines one of the T-SQL changes coming in SQL Server 2008: The hierarchyID.  Read more...

With data volumes exploding, conventional enterprise data warehouses are fast running out of headroom. Data warehouse appliances are starting to fill the gap, but the emerging category of column-oriented databases may offer a better option. The key to success is matching your application to the right product.   Read more...