Performance tuning often seems like it can be more of an art than a science. However there are a number of fundamentals that can help you tune most of the queries that you will write or have issues with their performance. Don Peterson brings us a look at how he tuned a query in the real world to avoid a conversion that can cause a query to run slower.
2006-07-13
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In Part I and Part II of this series, we saw how to install the SQL Server 2005 Data Service component. In this section of this series, I am going to illustrate how to install SQL Server 2005 Database Services and SQL Server Analysis Services on a host machine using an .ini file.
2006-07-13
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Reporting Services has proven itself to be an amazing platform on which to develop all types of reports. Author Asif Sayed brings us some .NET code for using Reporting Services to return data recursively in a report.
2006-07-12
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In this video demonstration, you'll quickly learn how to create a basic cube using the Cube Wizard upon a data warehouse. Brian walks through the entire process in this 10 minute video to get you started with creating a browsing a cube. Free registration required.
2006-07-12
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In this section of this series, I am going to illustrate how to install SQL Server 2000 Database Services on a server using various command line switches.
2006-07-12
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Our first SSIS class in July is sold out, but we've got another in August and one in October as well.
2006-07-11
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How much time do you spend developing your career? Are you actively looking to improve your professional skills? Andy Warren takes a look at how you can focus yourself and a few ideas for your employer as well.
2006-07-11
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In this quick video, Brian shows how to use SSIS to make a simple transformation occur of your data. He aggregates and sorts the data before writing the data to a flat file. After you watch this video, you will know how to use the Data Flow task inside of SQL Server 2005 SSIS. Free registration required.
2006-07-11
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n SQL Server 2005, XML becomes a first-class data type. Developers can make minor remote modifications to stored XML documents easily, taking advantage of new support for XML schema-based strong typing, and server-based XML data validation.
2006-07-10
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In SSIS, the data you receive from the source is rarely in the format your end users would like to see. To correct this, you can use the Script Component to transform data. In this video demo, Brian shows you how to use the Script transform to make a column proper case in the data flow. Free registration required.
2006-07-10
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