Implementing Data Quality Through Meta Data
Data Quality is as important as data integrity for most every application. This article examines how data quality can be improved in a data warehouse through the use of Meta Data.
2001-06-14
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2001-06-13
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Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2000 Released
In this article by Brian Knight, he explores how to install Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2000 and some of the catches. This service pack is one of the largest in SQL Server history. Learn what was fixed here.
2001-06-13
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Clonation and the Case of Table Dolly, Part 1
In software, clonation can sometimes turn out to be an extremely helpful technique. More often than not, in fact, you catch yourself duplicating instances of running objects to produce nearly identical objects to be managed codewise in a fairly independent way.
2001-06-13
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Using Index Intersections
First introduced in SQL Server version 7, Index Intersection gives you new options for creating indexes on tables to maximize performance.
2001-06-12
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Using SET to Tune Your Queries
On the surface, the goal of performance tuning a query seems simple enough. Essentially, we want our queries to run faster. This article looks at how the STATISTICS IO and STATISTICS TIME options can help us tune queries.
2001-06-12
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2001-06-11
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Product Review: Log Explorer 2.0
Anyone that has ever forgotten a WHERE clause in an UPDATE or DELETE syntax still has the bruises. Log Explorer 2.0 has a way of reversing your mistakes by peering into the transaction log and rolling back transactions. This, week Brian Knight reviews this product.
2001-06-11
7,747 reads
How to Use the Windows Synchronize Manager with Pull Subscribers
If you have Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Pull subscribers can use the Windows Synchronization Manager (WSM) to synchronize with the publisher.
2001-06-11
1,664 reads
Using XP_FILEEXIST
XP_FILEEXIST gives you the ability to find files and directories. Find out how else you can use it in this article.
2001-06-08
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