Raw Materials - The Little Engine that Could
Total Information Awareness can destroy your sanity. Get used to it.
2011-08-30 (first published: 2009-09-02)
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Articles
Speeding up database access - part 4 Fixing expensive queries
Part 4 of a series from Matt Perdeck on speeding up your database access. This is a great series for developers. This is based on the book ASP.NET Site Performance Secrets.
2011-08-30
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Displaying Multiple Series on an SSRS Chart using Chart Area
A report might contain multiple data series on a chart, which can have considerably varying scales but common category groups. In such cases where this a big difference in scales, the data series with the lower scale can become obscured. In this tip we will take a look at how to solve this problem using Chart Areas.
2011-08-30
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CONTEXT_INFO() and the SQL Calling Stack
Nothing new for many developers, but I still like the way you can maintain the stack throughout the call chain.
2011-08-29
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Mimicking Magnetic Tape in SQL
The sequential nature of early data storage devices such as punched card and magnetic tape once forced programmers to devise algorithms that made the best of sequential access. These ways of doing data-processing have become so entrenched that they are still used in modern relational database systems. There is now a better way, as Joe Celko explains.
2011-08-29
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Optimize a SQL Server Analysis Services Measure Group Partition for Performance
In this tip you will learn how to design aggregations for a partition and optimize it for performance.
Solution
2011-08-26
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2011-08-25 (first published: 2009-08-26)
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The OVER Clause enhancements in SQL Server code named “Denali”, CTP3
A look at how the OVER clause is changing in SQL 11, based on the CTP 3 released to the public.
2011-08-25
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XML Configuration files in SQL Server Integration Services
Package configuration files are a great way of providing the values of SSIS package properties so that packages can be used in a far more versatile way. They make the deployment of SSIS packages easier and can provide parameters that are based on the server configuration, or which change for each runtime. They're easy to understand, especially when explained by Rob Sheldon.
2011-08-25
2,997 reads
Help Make SQL Server “Denali” The Best Release Yet!
A blog from Dan Jones of Microsoft asks you to test the next release of SQL Server, in CTP3 now, and send your feedback to Microsoft to ensure that the product is well tested.
2011-08-24
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Blogs
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
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