How many times have you wished that there was a parameter for DATEPART to allow you to check for workdays? While many of us may get stuck working 6 or 7 days a week, most of the world revolves on a 5 day work week. Monday through Friday. New author Jeff Moden brings us a method of easily calculating the number of workdays between any two dates.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-01-10)
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Fragmentation in SQL Server is a huge debate. Does it matter? How much is too much? What should you do? In any case, new author Nicholas Cain has put together a system that allows him to keep track of the levels of fragmentation as well as defragment those tables when he feels they are getting too spread apart.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-06-04)
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Clustering a SQL Server machine was one of the most frustrating tasks a DBA and Windows administrator had to accomplish in SQL Server 7.0 and Windows NT 4.0. With the maturity of both the OS and the DBMS in Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000, this operation has been simplified tremendously. This first article in the series of article on clustering SQL Server will explain the general architecture of clustering.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2001-07-02)
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A look at coding standards in SQL Server. The first part of this series deals with object naming standards.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-05-09)
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On February 24th, 2005, Microsoft announced the new editions and pricing of SQL Server 2005. There have been quite a few changes and MVP Brian Knight has put down a comparison as well as details about which features are included with each. Read about the 4 new additions and see which one might be right for your next project.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2005-02-28)
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Mindy explores the metadata stored in SQL 2000 to show you how to produce a simple and useful data dictionary!
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-02-11)
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Building robust functionality with maximum re-use of existing infrastructure and investment with little or no development is the goal for many businesses. This article is about using SQL Server DTS packages to achieve this goal. With minimum development, all the functionality required for data imports can be achieved with DTS programming in SQL Server.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-10-25)
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Data cleansing is something that constantly occurs in all RDBMSes, not just SQL Server. However it's easier on some platforms than others. New Author Sureshkumar Ramakrishnan has written a script that shows how you can easily remove duplicate rows in SQL Server. Read about his technique and see if it might come in handy in your environment..
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-12-20)
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The SQL Server tools are top notch and often other platforms attempt to duplicate their handiness. Enterprise Manager is one that every DBA uses and it can perform a myriad of functions to configure your server. Read this new article by Dale Elizabeth Corey that looks that the wide range of items in the Configuration Properties of this tool.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-09-28)
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When transferring a database to a new server, you are bound to experience a user problem. In this article by Neil Boyle, he shows you how to transfer passwords and accounts seamlessly to a new server.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-08-14)
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