Pro SQL Server 2005 Replication
Take a look at a sample chapter and see who won copies of this book from our Question of the Day Contest.
2007-09-13
2,773 reads
Articles
SQL Server Spotlight on Rob Zare
With business intelligence and the Anaylsis Services platform becoming more and more popular, this has to be the hottest development team for SQL Server. Join us with a look at one of the leaders of Analysis Services development, Rob Zare.
2007-09-13
1,703 reads
Reduce Aggravating Aggregation: Improve the Performance of History or
Optimize the performance of a database which includes history or status tables.
2007-09-13
2,625 reads
SQL Server 2005 Express vs. Desktop Engine (MSDE)
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and the SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) are both free and redistributable. Each product provides a medium where database administrators can work between MS Access and the full version of SQL Server. But there are key differences to consider.
2007-09-13
3,862 reads
Why Data Models Do Not Work: The Role of Reference Data
There is an urgent need to acknowledge the limitations of data models and find a way to bridge the logical-physical divide between models and actual databases so that database designs can be fully understood.
2007-09-13
3,221 reads
How to troubleshoot Service Broker problems
In this one I'll discuss some of the problems that can arise and how to troubleshoot them.
2007-09-12
2,853 reads
Script Task Breakpoints in SQL Server 2008
One of the things coming from our look at SQL Server 2008 Integration Services is that you are not going to see a lot of change visually. What you are going to see is things going on underneath the covers that makes SSIS perform better, and improved informational messages from the components. Just such a change is seen in the Script task.
2007-09-12
2,072 reads
SQL Server 2008 - The Power of Merge
We have a first look at one of the features in SQL Server 2008 that was cut from SQL Server 2005, but which has been highly anticipated. How many times have you written an "insert new, update match" routine? Jacob Sebastion shows us easy this becomes with the new MERGE keyword in SQL Server 2008.
2007-09-11
14,060 reads
Making the Most of Operational Analytics with Enterprise Decision Mana
EDM solutions are a logical and often necessary complement to operational analytics.
2007-09-11
1,296 reads
Setting Up Delegation for Linked Servers
Learn how to set up delegation on your SQL Server instances, so you can use the impersonate options when setting up the security properties of linked server definitions.
2007-09-11
2,732 reads
Blogs
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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