2011-12-27 (first published: 2010-06-02)
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Articles
Options to reinitialize subscriptions in SQL Server replication
I have transactional replication configured in my production environment with multiple subscribers. The business team has requested that one of the subscriptions be reinitialized, because they think there is some missing data. In this tip we look at the different options that you can use to reinitialize a subscription for transactional replication.
2011-12-27
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2011-12-26
59 reads
Pros and cons of six SQL table tools
This article shows how to use 6 SQL table-based tools to solve the same problem, and gives the pros and cons of each.
2011-12-26
10,118 reads
TSQL Challenge 72 - Calculate the Payroll Hours of Employees
This challenge invites you to solve a payroll challenge which requires to calculate the number of hours employee worked in a week.
2011-12-26
1,828 reads
Administrating SQL Server Integration Services - Planning, Documenting and Troubleshooting
SQL Server Integration Services is an essential component of SQL Server, and designed to perform a variety of routine and occasional tasks. It majors on ETL tasks and for administrative jobs across servers. The DBA needs also to be aware of their role in optimising SSIS by planning, trouble-shooting, optimising performance, and in documenting installations.
2011-12-26
3,146 reads
Intersect, Except, Union, All and Any
Longtime author and expert DBA David Poole examines a few T-SQL commands that he has never used. Learn how some of these little used T-SQL items function and see if they work for you.
2011-12-23 (first published: 2009-07-20)
40,566 reads
Window Functions in SQL Server: Part 2 - The Frame
Fabiano Amorim continues his introduction to SQL Server's implementation of the window functions by giving a history of what got implemented and when, and explaining the concept of the 'Frame' in a window function, with plenty of examples.
2011-12-23
3,169 reads
Display Complex Hierarchical Data with Server-Side Pagination
This article presents an approach to perform server-side pagination and display complex hierarchical data in Reporting Services.
2011-12-22
8,583 reads
2011-12-22 (first published: 2010-05-26)
11,702 reads
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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