This white paper covers a variety of client object models supported by Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services when connecting to relational data sources. The example problems and solutions were gathered by members of the Analysis Services team while working with users of Analysis Services.
2007-12-28
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SQL Server 2005 provides four methods of encryption. Part one of this article covers encryption and decryption by passphrase.
2007-12-28
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Part 3 of his series looking at SQL Server Compact Edition, then embedded version of SQL Server. This time we look at the new version that's in beta.
2007-12-27
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An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
2007-12-27
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Gregory Larsen discusses how to use the TOP clause to help solve requests where you want to restrict the number of records returned based on a record count.
2007-12-27 (first published: 2007-01-05)
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2007-12-27
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Some new interresting points about trees and CTE in SQL Server : transforming a tree from auto reference to interval model (nested sets), calculating levels in interval model, creating a view of auto ref from an interval model, hierarchical numbering of items, and more. This article includes more examples based on his previous work.
2007-12-26
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How many DBAs need a solution to track those changes made for multiple systems? Auditing is becoming more and more prevalent in all systems and having a good solution can really make your DBA job interesting. New author Keren Ramot brings us his technique that works indepedent of the database structure.
2007-12-26 (first published: 2007-02-12)
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How do you cope with an executive's request to "bring back a time series of activity for all subscribers who were in platinum status as of X date," or "show me a time series of orders by sales region according to the sales organization as of Y"? Here's how data warehouse pros can cope with the common requirement to look back in time.
2007-12-26
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To optimize Transact SQL (T-SQL) data types in SQL Server, learn how each type affects performance -- I/O, RAM and CPU in SQL Server.
2007-12-26
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