How to Increase Query Speed With a Little Communication
How my former boss solved a performance issue by changing the business rules, instead of query optimization.
2010-07-14
27,486 reads
Articles
Is it Time to Switch to ELT?
Extract-load-transform integration can offer performance and cost advantages over ETL. Here's how to pick the right approach.
2010-07-14
4,934 reads
Early July 2010 PASS VC Presentations
In July start with the following presentations from the AppDev and DBA Virtual Chapters of PASS:
Loops, Lookups and Splits: SSIS Beyond the Basics
Why Should I use Stored Procedures?
2010-07-13
557 reads
A closer look at CXPACKET wait type in SQL Server
If you have a server that has more than one CPU core, you may experience high values of CXPACKET wait types. This is typically due to queries that run in parallel and the real issue is to understand how different versions of a query can impact CXPACKET waits. In this tip we examine how changing a query can impact CXPACKET waits.
2010-07-13
4,058 reads
Copy-and-Paste SSIS Execution Monitoring with Failure-Alert Email
This SSIS package monitors the execution of any SSIS tasks pasted into its sequence container, and sends an email when a failure of any embedded task occurs.
2010-07-12
7,862 reads
TSQL Challenge 34-Search for two keywords within the maximum distance
This challenge is all about searching for two keywords in a string with a maximum distance of 'one word' between them.
2010-07-12
1,692 reads
Physical Join Operators in SQL Server - Hash Operator
In the concluding part of the Physical Operators series we look at the Hash operator.
2010-07-12
3,790 reads
Dynamic creation of Insert, Update, Delete Stored procedures
Automates the creation of INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE stored procedure of a table
2010-07-09 (first published: 2009-07-23)
35,747 reads
Building a Data Warehouse Blueprint for Success
One of the most integral components and critical success factors of any enterprise data warehousing initiative is the Solutions Architecture document, a high-level conceptual model of a data warehousing solution. Learn why this collaborative effort that addresses the needs of all major stakeholders, including both the business units and Information Technology (IT), is essential.
2010-07-09
2,224 reads
Developing Modifications that Survive Concurrency
You can create a database under the assumption that SQL looks after all the problems of concurrency. It will probably work fine under test conditions: then, in the production environment, it starts losing data in subtle ways that defy repetition. It is every Database Developer's nightmare. In an excerpt from his acclaimed book, Alex Kuznetsov explains why it happens, and how you can avoid such problems.
2010-07-09
3,657 reads
Blogs
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Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
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