ETLing dimensions through SQL Server 2000 DTS, has more or less been quite a hassle, what with the lengthy ActiveX scripts and lookups that have to be performed. Enter SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: The Slowly Changing Dimension task has made it much simpler.
2007-11-14
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BI Architect Bill Pearson continues his subseries surrounding Caching Options, examining the use of Report Manager to configure Snapshot Caching.
2007-11-14
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From SQL Server trainer and guru Andy Warren, he are a few short nuggets that you might not realize about triggers.
2007-11-13
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Harness the power of SQL Server Management Objects to create, document, and manage your SQL Server databases.
2007-11-13
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This month's installment of "Developing a Complete SQL Server OLTP Database Project" covers MAC performance results, a summary of encryption findings, and comments on updating the SqlCredit code based on those findings.
2007-11-13
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This article describes how to call a web service to clean up address data from within a data flow.
2007-11-12
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2007-11-12
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Examining statistics of indexes is useful for optimizing the performance of queries. Statistics help us determine the usage and worth of indexes - one simple method is using the index-related dynamic management view; sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
2007-11-12
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I have always wanted to be able to pass table variables to stored procedures. If a variable is able to be declared, it should have the functionality to be passed as necessary. I was thrilled to learn that SQL Server 2008 offers this functionality. Here are instructions on how to pass table variables (and the data in them) into stored procedures and functions.
2007-11-12
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Interacting with SQL Server from .NET is a radical change from the old OLEDB/ODBC method. Raj Vasant brings us some easy ways to work with parameters passed in with the ADO SQLCommand.
2007-11-09 (first published: 2006-03-22)
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By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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