Regular columnist Robert Marda writes about the basics of using output parameters. If you're not using output params we hope this article will get you started - they are a great way to return less data to the client, perfect if you need only a few values and not a recordset/resultset.
2007-10-26 (first published: 2003-11-25)
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My online series of articles has been focused on the need for businesses to "get serious" about their approach to developing an enterprise business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) capability. When pursuing this capability it is important to adopt a holistic view, followed by disciplined investment and execution.
2007-10-26
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Learn how to use PowerShell in conjunction with SMO to Generate an SQL Server Script.
2007-10-26
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Views are one of the more basic constructs in SQL Server, but often it seems that developers are not sure when to use them. SQL Server expert DBA and trainer Andy Warren brings us a look at views as an abstraction layer in your database.
2007-10-25
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SQL programming guru Joe Celko offers a classification scheme and advice on using the right keys.
2007-10-25
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Part 8 of our series provides an overview of User Instance model (also known as “Run As Normal User” or simply RANU) and automatic database connectivity, which serve as two primary enablers for XCopy deployment, facilitating distribution of single-user databases.
2007-10-25
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SQL Server 2008 is well on its way to being complete and released with the release of the second CTP recently. There aren't a tremendous number of changes, but one of the more interesting ones is the changes to date and time handling in this new platform. The time and date datatypes have been separated and longtime SQL Server author Vincent Rainardi brings us a short look at how there can be used.
2007-10-24
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What is the best way to return the "duration" of an event in SQL, given the start and end datetime values? How can we add up these durations to return grand totals? What data types should be used to return this data to our clients? How do we handle overflows, such as when hours go over 23 or minutes total up to over 59? Are there any T-SQL functions or other techniques that are useful in these scenarios?
2007-10-24
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From one of the SQL Server 2005 storage engine lead developers comes this look at the impact of using the NO_LOG and TRUNCATE_ONLY options.
2007-10-24
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Performance tuning is an art or science, depending on who you talk to. SQL Server guru Joe Sack has authored a book on SQL Server 2005 T-SQL and brings us the performance tuning chapter as a preview.
2007-10-23 (first published: 2006-10-25)
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