To understand how to write SQL code for SQL Server that performs well, it is important to appreciate how the query optimizer works. Ben Nevarez explains the essentials, in a broad sweep through a complex subject, in an article taken from his new book 'Inside the SQL Server Query Optimizer'.
2011-09-09
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This article will show you how to determine which network port that SQL Server is listening on for connections
2011-09-08
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2011-09-08 (first published: 2009-09-23)
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You need to configure transactional replication for a very large SQL Server database. Instead of running the snapshot agent to initialize the subscriber, in this tip we look at how you can initialize the subscriber from a SQL Server backup.
2011-09-08
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The term DDL designates Data Definition Language, which implies an action involving creating data structures. In the context of Analysis Services Execute DDL Task, this is a bit of a misnomer because its capabilities are much more diverse, extending to such areas as backups, restores, deletions, modifications, or processing. This is accomplished by employing Analysis Services Scripting Language (ASSL).
2011-09-07
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SSRS 2008 R2 introduced lots of exciting new features, reviewed in a sister article to this one. Here we consider what Microsoft didn't do well in this version of Reporting Services.
2011-09-06
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When a job is too simple to be done in-house, how far down the phylogenetic tree should you go?
2011-09-06 (first published: 2009-09-16)
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The 10 things Microsoft got right about SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (a sister article shows 10 things which aren't quite so good)
2011-09-05
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This challenge invites you to solve a payroll challenge which requires special calculation of holidays and absences that are adjacent to holidays
2011-09-05
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In this tip we will walk through setting up the SQL Server Alias and using it with SQL Server package configuration in an SSIS package.
2011-09-05
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