Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
2008-04-12
39 reads
Articles
Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
2008-04-12
27 reads
Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
2008-04-12
40 reads
SQL Server 2005 Logins
Security was a major focus of SQL Server 2005 during its development, both in terms of making the product secure as well as enhancing the options. Security expert Brian Kelley brings us a look at how the paradigm of logins has changed and what you need to look for in SQL Server 2005.
2008-04-11 (first published: 2006-07-05)
118,220 reads
Creating a Scorecard in PerformancePoint Server 2007 (PPS)
We are just getting started with PerformancePoint Server 2007 and trying to help our business users to develop their first scorecard. For those of you who are new to Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, PPS is a recent addition to the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) offering.
2008-04-11
3,452 reads
How to Implement an Automatic Sliding Window in a Partitioned Table on SQL Server 2005
This article shows how to implement an automatic sliding window in a partitioned table on Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
2008-04-11
3,976 reads
Free Tools for the SQL Server DBA
Everyone has a set of handy utilities and tools that they use with their SQL Server, but sometimes convincing an employer to purchase tools is hard. Longtime DBA David Bird brings us a list of the tools he likes to use and are FREE.
2008-04-10 (first published: 2007-05-24)
65,593 reads
Yet another way to include portability on DTS packages
An proposal about using simple server name resolution and INI files to make a DTS package portable.
2008-04-10
4,222 reads
Historical Dollars
Tracking your salary over time might be a fun, or not so fun, endeavor for a DBA. However should anyone else know what your trend is? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2008-04-10
44 reads
Historical Dollars
Tracking your salary over time might be a fun, or not so fun, endeavor for a DBA. However should anyone else know what your trend is? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2008-04-10
38 reads
Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
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A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
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Presenting with Visual Studio Code
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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