OLAP Services: Managing Slowly Changing Dimensions
Amir Netz is one of the true OLAP and SQL Server gurus at Microsoft. If you ever get the chance to see him speak, go. This is one of his articles examining OLAP services.
2001-08-30
2,324 reads
Articles
What Skills Does a DBA Need?
What skills do you need to be a DBA? Lots of different ones, but people often forget there are non-technical skills that matter. This article by David Poole examines some of the softer skills
that can help your career.
2001-08-28
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INF: Understanding How to Configure a SQL Server Connection Affinity
In an online transaction processing (OLTP) environment, the connection affinity mask option may provide performance enhancement in high-end, enterprise-level SQL Server environments that are running on computers with 16 or more CPUs. In particular, this option is useful when there are a significant number of network interactions (more than 10,000 per second) between the middle-tier application servers and the back-end SQL Server system.
2001-08-28
1,500 reads
Data Warehouse Version Management
In most tables it is enough to have a stored procedure that performs Update Else Insert logic for data managment. However, in some cases we do not want to destroy the old data with an update statement. Instead we want to maintain history up to a certain number of versions. This article presents a method for doing so.
2001-08-27
3,322 reads
SQL Insider Freeware Software to Become Openware
Robert Vallee has announced that he will release the source code to SQL Insider early to September 15th. On that date, members will be able to download the source code and make modifications to the program.
2001-08-27
54 reads
Windows 2000 Professional Certification Exam for Executives
Give this test to your boss...only if he has a sense of humor!
2001-08-27
2,842 reads
What's a DBA? - An Overview
Ever wonder what a DBA does? Ever had someone ask you what your job entails? Here's an overview of what a DBA does. Reader feedback will be used to update this article over time.
2001-08-24
9,133 reads
The Self-Taught DBA
Are you thinking of becoming a master DBA? If so, find out how you can in this article.
2001-08-24
4,429 reads
An Interview with Louis Davidson
Want to learn more about some of your favorite authors. Check out this interview with Louis Davidson, author of Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design.
2001-08-23
2,964 reads
Installation Problems in SQL Server 7.0
This article examines some of the common issues that may occur when installing SQL Server 7.0
2001-08-23
3,366 reads
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