Computer professionals are constantly complaining about the documentation for the software they use. And are notorious for not documenting their own code very well. Longtime author Raj Vasant brings us a short article with some suggestions on how to go about documenting your databases.
2008-01-02 (first published: 2007-01-11)
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Views are handy constructs for abstracting security and simplfying queries, but they can have unexpected results sometimes. Longtime DBA Peter He takes a look at subquery issues in views.
2008-01-02
6,670 reads
Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson introduces the numeric Max()function, and leads hands-on practice examples of the basic concepts.
2008-01-02
1,984 reads
Top SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) tips from migrating and running DTS packages, to SSIS debugging, maintenance and programming in SQL Server 2005.
2008-01-02
5,713 reads
While it's not likely that many of you need to find prime numbers using T-SQL, it is an interesting programming exercise. SQL Server guru Kathi Kellenburger brings us one solution after taking a break over the holidays and reading some popular fiction.
2008-01-01 (first published: 2007-01-29)
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Rumor has it that Concatenation functions have gotten the nasty reputation of being "performance hogs". Here's why that's not true.
2008-01-01
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Greg Larsen discusses the different options available within SQL Server 2005 for managing security.
2008-01-01
2,853 reads
Buck Woody discusses the hard-earned knowledge and experience that you'll need to gain in order to stand out as a and professional and exceptional DBA.
2007-12-31
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When loading a data warehouse, handling the ETL process of working with files can be problematic. Longtime DBA Janet Wong brings us an interesting solution that is flexible and efficient for quickly loading a number of files into a warehouse using DTS.
2007-12-31 (first published: 2007-01-23)
9,954 reads
Interviewing, Google as a monopoly, Cumulative Update 5 and more.
2007-12-31
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By Steve Jones
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company...
By Steve Jones
Recently I had someone internally ask about whether SQL Source Control supports Git Hooks....
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
I'm running a group MSA for the database engine and SQL Agent in a...
All, My query is as follows: SET DATEFORMAT dmy SELECT p.query_id, DATEADD(MICROSECOND,-rs.max_duration,rs.first_execution_time) AS starttime,...
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