In a recent MSSQLTips.com question, a user asked how they could get an alert whenever a login failed due to the account being locked out. As with many problems, there are several ways to solve this issue.
2012-02-01
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Switching from 32 BIT SQL Server to a 64 BIT edition illustrates how removing a bottleneck from a system can have a detrimental affect overall
2012-01-31
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2012-01-31 (first published: 2010-08-11)
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Row Sampling Transformation and Percentage Sampling Transformation provide data sampling functionality. This functionality is useful in a number of Analysis Services and Data Mining-based scenarios.
2012-01-31
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This article describes the requirements to log ship databases between workgroup computers
2012-01-30
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The most common T-SQL command in use has to be the SELECT statement, it is the bedrock of any SQL Professional's day. Sometimes it's used to snatch some data from a table or two while some quick investigation is done, other times it is at the heart of a stored procedure or view that will inform business decisions for coming months or even years.
2012-01-30
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In this tip, we will see how to build a report which shows the cumulative sales amount for the current month, current quarter (QTD) and current year (YTD) in a single crosstab (tablix) report, which makes it easy to compare the data.
2012-01-27
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Do you use or need a database process framework? Read on to see if this is something that might help you build better database software processes.
2012-01-26
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2012-01-26 (first published: 2010-08-04)
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Every so often, the question comes up on forums of how to pass a list as a parameter to a SQL procedure or function. Phil Factor provides some examples using XML, and tests them against other popular methods.
2012-01-26
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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