Developing with SQL Server – What must a beginner know?
Lowering the bar for entry does not mean lowering the bar for quality. New to SQL Server? Find out where to start.
2014-06-03
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Articles
Extracting data with headers using PowerShell
This article provides a short PowerShell script to extrace data from a database using PowerShell.
2014-06-03
7,262 reads
Semi-blocking Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
In a SSIS data flow, there are multiple types of transformations. On one hand you have synchronous and asynchronous transformations, but on the other hand you have non-blocking, semi-blocking and fully-blocking components. In this tip, Koen Verbeeck takes a closer look on the performance impact of semi-blocking transformations in SSIS.
2014-06-03
2,743 reads
Cursor-Killing: Retrieving Recently Modified Data
Cursors are considered by many to be the bane of good T-SQL. What are the best ways to avoid iterative T-SQL and to write queries that look and perform beautifully? In the next part of an ongoing series, we look at ways to efficiently retrieve recently modified data.
2014-06-02
7,062 reads
PowerShell One-Liners: Collections, Hashtables, Arrays and Strings
The way to learn PowerShell is to browse and nibble, rather than to sit down to a formal five-course meal. In his continuing series on PowerShell one-liners, Michael Sorens provides Fast Food for busy professionals who want results quickly and aren't too faddy. Part 3 has as its tasty confections - Collections, Hashtables, arrays and strings.
2014-06-02
4,798 reads
Report Builder or Reporting Services?
Should you be using Report Builder 3.0 or SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 to build reports? Here's the 411!
2014-05-30 (first published: 2012-03-27)
31,554 reads
Microsoft Azure Storage Queues Part 1: Getting Started
Microsoft Azure Queues are a ready-to-use service that loosely connects components or applications through the cloud. This article is the first part in a five-part series about Microsoft Azure Cloud Services by Roman Schacherl.
2014-05-30
2,469 reads
DAX Relationships
Learn how relationships work in Powerpivot workbooks and how you can build them using the DAX language.
2014-05-29
3,126 reads
Branching and Merging: Ten Pretty-Good Practices
After experiencing 'merge misery' personally, Konrad Lukasik came up with 10 well-tested ways of making branches and merges a stress-free part of application development.
2014-05-29
7,273 reads
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server
There are several ways to implement encryption in SQL Server; Arshad Ali focuses on Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), which was introduced in SQL Server 2008 and is available in later releases.
2014-05-28
3,280 reads
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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