Constructing XML Using FOR XML
A SELECT query returns results as a rowset. You can optionally retrieve formal results of a SQL query as XML by specifying the FOR XML clause in the query.
2006-04-19
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Articles
To Stage Or Not To Stage
The second part of a great data warehousing series from Vincent Rainardi looks at the decision to stage data prior to moving it into the warehouse versus directly loading it. This is a must read for those contemplating a data warehouse.
2006-04-18
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SQL Server 2005 - SQL Server Integration Services - Package Management
Throughout our series of articles dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, we have been working mainly with packages using the Business Intelligence Development Studio interface (although more recently, we also discussed SSIS-related functionality available in SQL Server Management Studio). Even though, as part of our exercises, we have worked with a number of packages, we have not yet explored the various options related to their storage. We will cover them in this article
2006-04-18
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SQL Server 2005 Logon Triggers
One thing that many people tried to implement in SQL Server 2000 is the auditing of logins. However getting this to work was a complex process. In SQL Server 2005, however, there are a few ways you can handle this and new author Frederik Vandeputte brings us a method using Service Broker for handling this.
2006-04-17
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SQL Server 2005's EXECUTE AS statement
In SQL Server 2005, you can explicitly or implicitly define the execution context. As we all know, a session starts when a user logs on to SQLServer or a connection to SQLserver is made. All operations in that session use the logon credentials used for connecting to SQL Server. When an EXECUTE AS statement is run, the execution context of the session is switched to the specified login or user name.
2006-04-17
2,799 reads
Beginning SQL Server - Limit Your Queries
Part 2 of Steve Jones' series on beginning SQL Server from the perspective of a system administrator or someone not used to working with SQL Server. If you've been designated the new administrator, take a look at this series for some help in coming up to speed on this product.
2006-04-14 (first published: 2004-08-19)
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SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor
Have you started looking at what issues you might have migrating your existing applications to SQL Server 2005? If not then maybe as a first step, you should consider looking into what the SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor can do for you. This article will discuss what the Upgrade Advisor is and how to use it.
2006-04-14
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Stored procedure: Determine last database backup
You have many SQL Servers to administer and you just want to know when the last backup was taken for each database on each instance. This stored procedure will help.
2006-04-13
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Generating a Range
What is the most efficient way of generating a range of values? SQL Server guru David Poole takes a look at a few different methods, both procedural and set based, and gives you some performance results.
2006-04-12
10,528 reads
Keep Bad Guys at Bay with the Advanced Security Features in SQL Server
Learn about SQL Server security techniques including the principle of least privilege, controlling metadata visibility, separation of users and schemas, and more.
2006-04-12
2,475 reads
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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