Congratulations to our Apology Contest Winners
A congratulations to the winners of our contest last week.
2013-12-16
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Articles
Import UTF-8 Unicode Special Characters with SQL Server Integration Services
If you work with large scale SSIS ETL processes and sequences, you are bound to have to work with UTF-8 encoded text files. Without proper handling, UTF-8 / Unicode characters can cause havoc with your SSIS load tasks. Here are some ideas for handling the UTF-8 file formats with SSIS.
2013-12-16
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Webinar: T-SQL Tips and Tricks
Nigel Sammy will be presenting this PASS Data Architecture VC webinar on December 19 at 12PM CST. The webinar will share insight on how basic query structure and logic works so you can avoid wasting too much time on trial and error when writing queries.
2013-12-16
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DAX Query - Part 2
A more detailed look at the DAX language and some of its more frequently used functions
2013-12-13 (first published: 2013-05-02)
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DAX Query Basics
In this document I will attempt to talk you through writing your first very simple DAX queries. For the purpose of this document I will query the rather familiar Adventure Works Tabular Cube.
2013-12-13 (first published: 2012-09-25)
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Model Based Testing at Red Gate
Phil Scrace, a test engineer at Red Gate, talks about adopting Model Based Testing (MBT), a technique that combines graph theory and code writing to help keep pace with frequently changing functionality.
2013-12-13
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SQL Saturday #274 - Slovenia
SQL Saturday is coming to Slovenia on December 21, 2013. This is a free all-day training and networking event for SQL Server professionals.
2013-12-13
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Cambridge, UK - SQL in the City Seminar - Deployment Stairway
Grant Fritchey, SQL Server MVP will be hosting a free seminar in Cambridge on January 10 2014. Join fellow database professionals to learn tips and best practices for SQL Server version control, continuous integration and deployment.
2013-12-12
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How to find user who ran DROP or DELETE statements on your SQL Server Objects
Someone has dropped a table from your database and you want to track who did it. Or someone has deleted some data from a table, but no one will say who did. In this tip, we will look at how you can use the transaction log to track down some of this information.
2013-12-12
6,938 reads
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn High Availability and Disaster Recovery Design Patterns
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn provides flexible design choices for selecting an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery solution for your application. This article looks at the common design patterns.
2013-12-11
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