Day 327: From Prototype to Production
In November of 2012, I embarked on a Quixotic attempt at building a BI prototype in 7 days. I dubbed the experiment ‘OLAP Sprint’...
2013-10-10
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Articles
SQL Saturday #237 - Charlotte
The Charlotte BI Group (CBIG) is excited to bring the 2nd annual SQL Saturday, BI Edition, to Charlotte on October 19. This SQL Saturday training event is focused on Microsoft Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Administration topics.
2013-10-10
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When SQL Server Nonclustered Indexes Are Faster Than Clustered Indexes
SQL Server Clustered indexes can have enormous implications for performance of operations on a table. But are there times when a SQL Server non-clustered index would perform better than a clustered index for the same operation? Are there any trade-offs to consider? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-10-10
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SSRS Reports as a Data Source in Excel 2013
DBAs are expected to know how to administer the technologies that are available with and peripheral to SQL Server. To properly administer them, it certainly helps to understand the technology from the point of view of the user. By using an existing SSRS report as a data feed for Excel, Rodney Landrum explains how these users can now take advantage of development efforts in new ways.
2013-10-09
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Simple way to create a SQL Server Job Using T-SQL
Sometimes we have a T-SQL process that we need to run that takes some time to run or we want to run it during idle time on the server. We could create a SQL Agent job manually, but is there any simple way to create a scheduled job?
2013-10-08
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SQL Saturday #238 - Minnesota
SQL Saturday Minnesota will be on October 12, 2013. This free training event for SQL Server Professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server will feature 40 sessions in 8 tracks and 350+ attendees.
2013-10-08
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Beginner, Expert, or Both?
It can be easy to start learning about a topic, think you've mastered it, and become complacent. Steve Jones notes that an expert beginner might be what you are, but it's not necessarily what you want to be.
2013-10-07
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How to implement SHA-2 in SQL Server 2005 or 2008 with a CLR assembly
SQL Server 2012 supports SHA-256 and SHA-512 through the HASHBYTES() function, but earlier versions of SQL Server do not. SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 can, however, be implemented in SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 with the CLR assembly described in this article.
2013-10-07
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SQLServerCentral Changes - Oct 2013
We've made a few changes to the site, and we want you to check them out.
2013-10-07
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DAX Statistical Functions
Following on from his first four articles on using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) with tabular databases, Robert Sheldon dives into some of the DAX statistical functions available, demonstrating which are the most useful and examples of how they work.
2013-10-07
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RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
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Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
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