In bringing the SQLServerCentral.com training center online, one of the challenges Andy Warren faced was developing an automated way to install software. Here we see some of the gotchas and difficulties that you might encounter as well with unattended installations of SQL Server.
2006-08-10
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How many SQL Server instances are you running? Do you ever have customers calling you stating that their application is not working, then when you research the problem you find that the instance that supports their application is unavailable? Have you ever had someone mistakenly shutdown the SQL Agent service and forget to restart it, causing a number of scheduled jobs to not be run? One of the tasks of a DBA is to monitor the availability of all SQL Server instances and services.
2006-08-10
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Reporting Services is quickly becoming one of the most popular parts of SQL Server and new author Jonathan Spink brings us an interesting use of this subsystem. He explains how Reporting Services can do more than just display data; it can also provide an easy interactive way to make changes without the overhead of a complete .NET application.
2006-08-09
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As server-side .NET development becomes more prevalent, Application Performance Management tools are becoming available to fine-tune .NET applications. And, as in the past, it seems that the ability to build new and more sophisticated applications always stays ahead of the ability to manage them.
2006-08-09
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While the strength of SQL Server is not in string manipulation, it can be very handy when backing a web site to be able to automatically include links for some of your content. New author Grey Wilson brings us an easy technique to easily deliver results to developers with URLs embedded inside.
2006-08-08
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Learn ETL solutions from SQL Server MVP Brian Knight at the SQLServerCentral.com training center.
2006-08-08
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In this session, you'll learn the basics on how to deploy an SSIS package to the package store. You'll learn the benefits of whether to use the MSDB database or file system to store yoru packages and how to use configuration files to simplify migrations.
2006-08-08
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No developer or DBA wants to be told how to write their code. Everyone has their own style, but this can cause problems in a team environment where different people need to work on the same section of code. New author Pam Abdulla brings us a few simple techniques that can help you write more maintainable code.
2006-08-07
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A sub-query is a SQL Server statement embedded inside of another SQL Server statement. The database engine treats a sub-query as a virtual table for the execution of the query. A sub-query can be used as a table in a join statement, as a single value in a select statement, in the where clause of a SQL Server query, in the having clause of a SQL Server query, or incorporated in data manipulation statements.
2006-08-07
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So, you're a Microsoft SQL Server administrator flirting with open source, but you're not sure how far you should go on the first migration? Don't worry, there won't be much peer pressure to go "all the way." Look around and you'll find that most businesses making the switch are going only as far as their Web applications.
2006-08-04
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By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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