Analyzing Product Growth with the Management Data Warehouse
This article presents a case study of using the Management Data Warehouse feature in SQL Server 2008 to analyze disk usage trends by product.
2010-11-29
3,911 reads
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TSQL Challenge 44 – Identify products that belong to each unique color
The first part of your job is to identify the unique color combinations of products and the second part is to identify the products that have the given color combination.
2010-11-29
1,362 reads
Custom sp_start_job to delay next task until SQL Agent Job has completed
The system stored procedure sp_start_job is a very useful T-SQL command that starts a SQL Agent job. The problem with this is that it starts the job and it doesn't wait until the job is finished and sometimes I want to start a job and wait until the job is finished and move on to another job or task that depends on the result of the previous job.
2010-11-29
3,405 reads
SQL Saturday #61 - DC
A day of free training near Washington DC in December. Come and learn how more about SQL Server.
2010-11-29 (first published: 2010-11-23)
1,920 reads
An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 5
The fifth installment of this fantastic series by MVP Andy Leonard looks at database versioning. Be sure to read this one to continue learning more about TDD.
2010-11-26 (first published: 2009-08-20)
10,346 reads
Implicit Permissions Due to SQL Server Database Roles
I have audited for permissions on my databases because users seem to be accessing the tables, but I don't see permissions which give them such rights. I've gone through every Windows group that has access to my SQL Server and into the database, but with no success. How are the users accessing these tables?
2010-11-26
3,697 reads
Extending SQL's Inherent Hierarchical Processing Operation
This article covers multipath operations that require a different hierarchical logic than SQL naturally produced hierarchical processing. These include nonlinear data ordering, the renormalization of data to remove replicated data, and the processing of network structures.
2010-11-25
2,295 reads
Implementing Execution Log Reports on 32-bit SQL Server 2008 R2
This article covers how to implement the SQL Server 2008 Execution Log DB and package on SQL Server 2008 R2
2010-11-24
4,642 reads
Deploying Data-Tier Applications of SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier Applications make database development, deployment and management much easier. When you create and build a Data Tier Application, it creates a single, self-contained unit of deployment called a DAC package. Arshad Ali shows you how to deploy the created DAC package and discusses the different methods of deployment.
2010-11-24
2,616 reads
Using SOUNDEX and DIFFERENCE to Standardize Data in SQL Server
My client wants to standardize address information for existing and future addresses collected for their customers, particularly the street suffixes. The application used to enter and collect address information has the street suffix separated from the address field, but it is a textbox instead of a drop down list therefore things are not standardized. I know there are some options out there to standarize data, but they would like a less expensive alternative. Are there any functions in SQL Server that I can use to standardized data?
2010-11-23
5,296 reads
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