2011-06-14 (first published: 2009-04-08)
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Articles
The 5 First SQL Errors to Check For
Is your SQL query crashing? Nine times out of ten it will be for one of these 5 reasons!
2011-06-14
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Understanding SQL Server Service Broker Authentication
Arshad Ali outlines different types of authentication modes for communicating across SQL Server Service Broker (SSBS) services.
2011-06-14
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TSQL Challenge 58 - Playing Chess in TSQL – Part 1
Your job is to read the input string and generate a result set that represents the position of pieces in a chess board.
2011-06-13
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Creating a Reporting Services Histogram Chart for Statistical Distribution Analysis
Typically transactional data is quite detailed and analyzing an entire dataset on a graph is not feasible. Generally such data is analyzed using some form of aggregation or frequency distribution. One of the specialized charts generally used in Reporting Services for statistical distribution is Histogram Charts. In this tip we look at how Histogram Charts can be used for statistical distribution analysis and how to create and configure this type of chart in SSRS.
2011-06-13
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Index Management
This article demonstrates an Index Management strategy to tackle day to day performance issues due to improper indexes.
2011-06-10 (first published: 2009-10-20)
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3 SQL Join Concepts to Help You Choose the Right Join
What do SQL joins and the "teach a man to fish" Chinese proverb have in common? SQL joins, like regular expressions, are one of those commonplace programming tasks in which true success is entirely dependent upon your ability to conceptualize the outcome. Fail to do so and you'll likely wind up spending a few hours in a frustrating round of trial and error. Like regular expressions, the proliferation of online examples has actually contributed to the frustration, providing the equivalent of a day's worth of fish rather than the proverbial fishing pool.
2011-06-10
8,288 reads
2011-06-09 (first published: 2009-04-01)
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Setting up linked servers with an out-of-process OLEDB provider
There is an inprocess setting for linked servers. Have you ever used it? Gianluca Sartori gives a look at what the implications are for this.
2011-06-09
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Support for 15,000 Partitions in SQL Server 2008 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
In SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, the number of partitions on tables and indexes is limited to 1,000. This paper discusses how SQL Server 2008 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 address this limitation by providing an option to increase the limit to 15,000 partitions. It describes how support for 15,000 partitions can be enabled and disabled on a database. It also talks about performance characteristics, certain limitations associated with this support, known issues, and their workarounds. This support is targeted to enterprise customers and ISVs with large-scale decision support or data warehouse requirements.
2011-06-09
2,755 reads
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