This article uses XML to deal with optional parameters along with multiple parameter passed into a stored procedure. (Note: We are re-running this as we had a newsletter issue last week)
2013-12-28 (first published: 2013-12-10)
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You may think that if your database has backed up without errors, that it's going to restore without errors. Think again, says Paul Randal.
2013-12-27 (first published: 2012-09-24)
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Every DBA needs to know about SQLPSX, the PowerShell module library that is built by DBAs for DBAs, and designed to provide intuitive functions around the SMO objects. Laerte Junior, who is one of the developers on the open-source project, describes how to use it.
2013-12-27
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Although BIML is very powerful, you wouldn’t use it to generate one package at a time. Using metadata, we can generate multiple packages on the fly. Koen Verbeeck illustrates how to convert the BIML script for generating the import package to a dynamic package generating machine.
2013-12-26
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How to Compare Rows within Partitioned Sets to Find Overlapping, Contiguous, or Gap dates
2013-12-25 (first published: 2010-10-11)
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A Greg Larsen classic - he discusses how the SQL Server optimizer tries to parameterize a query if it can, as well as how you can build your own parameterized query.
2013-12-25
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Learn how to create a Windows\SQL Server 2008 virtual cluster. In this article learn about the Windows clustering setup.
2013-12-24 (first published: 2011-07-12)
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This article will show you how to use SSIS to create inferred dimension members on the fly during a fact table load process.
2013-12-24 (first published: 2010-12-08)
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This technical note provides guidance for Reporting Services. The focus of this technical note is to optimize your Reporting Services architecture for better performance and higher report execution throughput and user loads.
2013-12-24
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Details how to install a SQL Server 2008\2008R2 Failover Cluster Instance
2013-12-23 (first published: 2011-01-19)
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Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
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