Data Warehouse Development: Version 0
What do you do first when developing a data warehouse? MVP Andy Leonard brings us a look at the foundation he uses, which might surprise you.
2011-04-07
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Articles
Developing with SQL Server: Three ways to get at data
Getting at data within a .NET application can be straightforward using built in controls or much more complex through connections,...
2011-04-07
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SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services - Managing Remote Processes Using Script Task
Marcin Policht discusses ways to launch processes for remote systems using SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services.
2011-04-07
3,153 reads
SQL Validation Functions - 4 Cool UDF's to have handy
Everyone knows that in SQL 2000, yes 2000, Microsoft jumped aboard the bandwagon of other platforms, and gave the developers...
2011-04-07
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NULLIF
Do you use NULLIF? For me, this command has been seldom used. Because of that, I have been dabbling with...
2011-04-06
3,375 reads
SQL Saturday #73 - Orange County, CA
A free one day training event on Apr 9, 2011 in Huntington Beach, CA. Come learn about SQL Server with a number of SQL Server experts.
2011-04-06 (first published: 2011-03-25)
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Using PowerShell to Manage SQLServer
This article provides a practical example of how Powershell can be used by DBAs.
2011-04-06
4,478 reads
ERDDUG - Introduction to Indexes with SQL Server MVP Gail Shaw
If you are in South Africa near East Rand, join the East Rand Developer and DBA group on April 9 for a presentation by SQL Server expert, MVP, and longtime SQLServerCentral author, Gail Shaw.
2011-04-05
1,420 reads
Industrial-strength database documentation using Extended Properties
To finish this short series on extended properties a look at documenting sets of database objects
2011-04-05
8,624 reads
Change SQL Startup Parameters with PowerShell
Sometimes when we’re trying to track down a problem and looking through SQL’s Logs we have to dig...
2011-04-05
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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