2012-01-31 (first published: 2010-08-11)
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Articles
SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services - Sampling Transformations
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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SQL Server Log Shipping Between Standalone\Workgroup Computers
This article describes the requirements to log ship databases between workgroup computers
2012-01-30
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Indexing - Take the Hint and Leave it to the Experts
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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Cumulative Aggregates in SQL Server Reporting Services
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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Process Support Database Framework
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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Using XML to pass lists as parameters in SQL Server
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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Controlling Growth of an msdb Database
I recently encountered a situation where the drive hosting Sharepoint Databases in a Staging environment ran out of space. I logged onto the server and found that the msdb database has itself occupied 38 GB of the total disk space. Msdb database generally contain maintenance information for the database such as backups, log shipping and so on.
2012-01-25
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Database Development Tasks Survey
We'd like to better understand the kinds of database related development tasks that you perform, so that we can ensure our tools are helping you to be more productive.
2012-01-25
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers