Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008
This article shows how to use the GROUPING SETS feature in SQL Server 2008
2008-11-19
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Articles
Mini-Me
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.
2008-11-19
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Mini-Me
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.
2008-11-19
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Mini-Me
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.
2008-11-19
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Creating a Basic Policy in SSMS - SQL School Video
In SQL Server 2008, we have a new way of enforcing rules on our servers. This video has MVP Brian Knight showing us how to create a basic policy in Policy Based Management.
2008-11-18
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How to setup and use a SQL Server alias
I have an application that has a specified database connection that I either can't or don't want to change. However, I need to move the database to a new server. How can I do this easily without breaking other things that maybe using this connection and/or database?
2008-11-18
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SSAS Cache Warming Using SSIS
Having your users walk into a cold cache on a morning is something that will cause them to have slower running queries initially. Cache warming takes care of a lot of that by executing typical queries against the newly processed cube and thereby building the cache ready for your users
2008-11-18
2,086 reads
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
2008-11-18
678 reads
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
2008-11-18
89 reads
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
2008-11-18
673 reads
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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