Performing a Right and Comprehensive Age Calculation Part 2
Age Calculation gets implemented as an Inline table Valued function with a parameter defining which date parts must be counted.
2017-03-30
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Articles
What's New in Master Data Services MDS 2016 - Part 1
SQL Server 2016 introduced many new features and improvements for all its products, and Master Data Services (MDS) is no exception. In this post, Koen Verbeeck gives a comprehensive overview of all the new MDS features.
2017-03-30
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Justify the Remote access requirement for Biztalk Log Shipping
This article will show why there is a need for remote access with a Biztalk server that uses log shipping.
2017-03-29
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Handling Graphs in SQL
Many practical database problems can be tackled more simply and intuitively by graphs or networks, which in this sense are graphs in which attributes can be associated with the nodes and edges. It is a natural way to study relationships within the data. SQL databases aren't the easiest way of doing it, but it makes sense where the scale permits it. Because of the range of graphs and techniques, some Graph theory is unavoidable before you get stuck into the code, and who better to introduce graph databases than Joe Celko?
2017-03-29
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Performing a Right and Comprehensive Age Calculation
Age calculation based on the right method used in real life.
2017-03-28
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Who Changed My Database Schema?
Have you ever wanted to know who made a schema change to your database? If so, that information is tracked in the default trace - Greg Larsen shows how to view it.
2017-03-28
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Azure Data Warehouse 7: Create reports in Azure SQL DWH using SSRSS
In this article, we will show how to create reports in ASDW using SSRS
2017-03-27
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Using AT TIME ZONE to fix an old report
Rob Farley contributes to T-SQL Tuesday #87, showing how he would use AT TIME ZONE to simplify reports based on an end user's time zone.
2017-03-27
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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Default Value
Sometimes things are not exactly how we think they are. Read the story of the missing default value and learn why.
2017-03-24 (first published: 2015-12-01)
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Encrypting SQL Server: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) encrypts the data within the physical files of the database, the 'data at rest'. Without the original encryption certificate and master key, the data cannot be read when the drive is accessed or the physical media is stolen. The data in unencrypted data files can be read by restoring the files to another server. TDE requires planning but can be implemented without changing the database. Robert Sheldon explains how to implement TDE.
2017-03-24
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