The Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) is an improvement over the old Index Tuning Wizard. Learn how to access the advanced features of DTA from the command line with a custom configuration.
2006-06-13
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SQLServerCentral.com is offering Integration Services training at our new training center. Sign up today and learn from Brian Knight, MVP and SSIS Guru.
2006-06-12
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Lightweight and adaptable, but with proper emphasis on the design phase, the ICONIX methodology can help you avoid Constant Refactoring After Programming...
2006-06-09
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Training is an important part of anyone's life in technology, especially if you are a SQL Server DBA or developer. With the release of 2005, the entire paradigm of working with SQL Server has changed and you need to be working on your own personal knowledge base. Steve Jones takes a look at how you can get training and shake the funding loose as well.
2006-06-08
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A seemingly never-ending battle in online database forums involves the question of whether or not database application development should involve the use of stored procedures.
2006-06-08
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For those of you using Analysis Services, Yaniv Mor takes a look at some of the manageablity tools with SQL Server 2005. The way you work with Analysis Services and your cubes has changed dramatically and this is a good overview to get you started.
2006-06-07
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Better late than never, here's a look at the May issue of the SQL Server Standard, now available as a PDF.
2006-06-07
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As everyone moves to SQL Server 2005 from SQL Server 2000, there are quite a few pieces of information that have moved and may give you trouble finding. Boris Balinger brings us a followup to his first look at some of those changes with a quick article on how you can get the free space in your database files.
2006-06-06
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There is a lot of talk these days about “business intelligence” (BI for short). Pick up any magazine aimed at business or technology professionals, and you’re sure to read about things like data warehouses, dashboards, cubes, ETL, SCD, and a seemingly endless list of other specialized terms and acronyms. One might be left wondering, is this something to which I should be paying attention?
2006-06-06
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XML is becoming more and more the mainstream for data transfers between systems. Web services and SOAP communications are built into SQL Server 2005, requiring the more and more DBAs understand how to work with XML. Raj Vasant has written a number of articles on XML and brings us a look at how XML should and should not be used.
2006-06-05
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In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
I have two challenges XML source control not displaying the XML file parent node...
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
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