Software developers constantly need to learn about new technologies, products and methodologies. Think about what sort of programming you were doing 5 or 10 years ago. If you have been developing software that long, you will, no doubt, be working on very different systems now than you were then.
2006-07-05
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Ensuring that your disk subsystem performs well and does not run out of space is a balancing act that many DBAs learn over time through trial and "out of space" errors. New author Arindam Banerjee takes a look at some of the things to consider when capacity planning.
2006-07-04
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This article adds some handy reporting capabilities to the new load testing tool in Visual Studio 2005 Team System.
2006-07-04
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Building a data warehouse is a complicated topic and a hot topic now. Many companies embark upon these projects without understanding what they really need. New author Janet Chan takes a look at some of the things you need to consider before embarking on a project such as this.
2006-07-03
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Enter to win a Ms Pacman/Galaga arcade machine when you download and register a free version of Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions (free learning resources included).
2006-07-03
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The benefits and drawbacks of GUIDs as primary keys are generally known. Despite the drawbacks, some people use them to fulfill specific business requirements (the IDs are unique across multiple servers).
2006-06-30
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Over the last year we've taken a look at a number of people influential in the SQL Server community. This time Steve Jones spent a little time interviewing MVP and regular blogger Simon Sabin.
2006-06-29
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This article provides a guide for physical storage design and gives recommendations and trade-offs for physical hardware design and file architecture.
2006-06-29
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SQL Server guru Andy Warren has been working with all aspects of SQL Server for many years and is slowly upgrading his skills to SQL Server 2005. Here he takes a look at SMO basics, which is the replacement for DMO.
2006-06-28
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Use Linked Reports to provide multiple "versions" of a single source report, as a mechanism for restricting consumer groups to their respective data in accordance with a "need to know."
2006-06-28
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