The Shortage of Programmers
Steve Jones thinks that programmers should be able to negotiate any deal they can and Joel Spolsky has no reason to be upset.
2008-05-04
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Articles
Is XML the Answer?
New Author! Don Peterson writes his first article for us and explores why he considers XML to be...bad! There are some interesting points made here and if you've haven't thought about what XML means to you as a DBA, it's a subject worth spending some time on.
2008-05-02 (first published: 2003-10-07)
64,761 reads
Managing SQL Analysis Service Objects with SSIS and AMO
You can manage SSAS objects using AMO and SSIS which enables you to have detailed control of SSAS Administrative tasks.
2008-05-02
6,545 reads
Passing a Table to A Stored Procedure
In the first article of a new series on T-SQL tips, Jacob Sebastian brings us a very useful technique. How to pass a table to a stored procedure so some set of rows can be operated on using some business logic.
2008-05-02 (first published: 2007-05-30)
69,549 reads
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
180 reads
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
267 reads
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
485 reads
Introduction to MDX Scripting in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
This document describes how Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 can be applied to common business problems. This document assumes some familiarity with MDX.
2008-05-02
3,531 reads
Using Indexes to Bypass Locks
One of the issues you'll face with SQL Server is blocking which is caused by other processes that are holding locks on objects. Until the locks are removed on an object the next process will wait before proceeding. This is a common process that runs within SQL Server to ensure data integrity, but depending on how transactions are run this can cause some issues. Are there ways to get around blocking by using different indexes to cover the queries that may be running?
2008-05-02
3,383 reads
Custom Log Shipping
This article presents a way to implement a simple database synchronization solution similar to log shipping using Database Maintenance Plans and T-SQL.
2008-05-01
7,183 reads
Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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