With SQL Server 2000 no default server, database or application role was available to be able to execute all stored procedures. With SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 has this changed with all of the new security features? If not, what options do I have to grant execute rights to the needed database roles?
2012-04-19
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Prior to SQL Server 2012, Microsoft provided a mini shell called sqlps.exe; in SQL Server 2012, SQLPS exists in the form of module. Learn how to make use of the SQLPS module and how to access SQL Server components and features via Windows PowerShell.
2012-04-18
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On Thursday April 19th 12PM noon Central, Todd McDermid will discuss "SSIS components for Data Warehouse Dimensional data processing".
2012-04-18
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In this article, we are going to create a linked server to the MySQL Database.
Once finished that task, we will select, insert, update and delete some data using SQL Server.
2012-04-17
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I have transactional replication configured in production. I have heard about the replication retention period, but what is the significance of this. Would there be any impact to my replication configuration if data is not synchronized with the subscriptions within the retention period?
2012-04-17
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Are you prepared for Big Data? A short piece from Henrico Bekker that talks about what Big Data might mean to many people.
2012-04-16
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The challenge is to find the minimal set of intervals without creating gaps.
2012-04-16
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I need to move all the objects off the 2005 Reporting Server to the 2008 Reporting Server. Is there an easy way to do this without saving each report file (edit report and save .rdl) then uploading the report to the new server? This would also mean recreating the data sources and subscriptions.
2012-04-16
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This article describes the sequence new feature used in SQL Server 2012
2012-04-13
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This paper provides guidance for customers who prior to SQL Server 2012 have deployed SQL Failover Clustering for local high availability and database mirroring for disaster recovery, and who want to migrate to SQL Server AlwaysOn. It describes the corresponding SQL Server AlwaysOn scenario and the migration paths to SQL Server AlwaysOn. It also contains the important knowledge and considerations that you must know in order to successfully migrate to a HADR solution based on SQL Server AlwaysOn technology, which implements AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances for high availability and AlwaysOn Availability Groups for disaster recovery.
2012-04-13
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I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers