The End of Estimation - iPod
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
2008-01-23
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Articles
The End of Estimation - MP3
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
2008-01-23
54 reads
The End of Estimation - WMV
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
2008-01-23
54 reads
Data Driven Subscriptions for Reporting Services (2000 and 2005)
Reporting Services has proven to be one of the more useful subsystems of SQL Server. However the standard editions of both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 have limitations with regard to the subscription features. Jason Selberg brings us an updated version of his
code for extending the subscription feature.
2008-01-22 (first published: 2007-02-14)
28,024 reads
Reporting on Activity across Multiple Servers using SQL Backup and SQL Multi Script
Rodney Landrum presents a creative solution for dynamic reporting across all of his SQL Servers, based on use of Red Gate's SQL Backup and SQL Multi Script.
2008-01-22
3,366 reads
Measure TSQL Statement Performance
Every developer needs to ensure that each TSQL statement is optimized. This article will give you a few different ideas on how to identify slow running queries and provide you with some tips on monitor your query performance while you make iterative changes to each query to try and improve performance.
2008-01-22
4,005 reads
The In-House Expert - iPod
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-22
51 reads
The In-House Expert - MP3
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-22
56 reads
The In-House Expert - WMV
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-22
53 reads
A Reporting System Architecture
This article describes one method of implementing a reporting system in SQL Server 2005
2008-01-21
14,065 reads
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Encoding Strings
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Encoding Strings
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