Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) delivers both online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining functionality for business intelligence applications. This article thoroughly explores the architecture of SSAS and how it can be implemented.
2009-08-28
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Many articles on database administration take the perspective of trying to help you do your job better. We thought we might take a different tack and poke a little fun at some of more egregious mistakes we've seen over the years at IT shops.
2009-08-27
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I found something interesting the other day. I was attempting to optimize a very heavy string parsing routine using T-SQL and was having problems. I don’t normally use T-SQL for such heavy string parsing, but this was a special case of a legacy structure that I had to work with, so I had no choice.
2009-08-27
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Someone asked Steve Jones about finding a mentor to become a better DBA. He shares some thoughts and advice about how to do this.
2009-08-27
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Someone asked Steve Jones about finding a mentor to become a better DBA. He shares some thoughts and advice about how to do this.
2009-08-27
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Someone asked Steve Jones about finding a mentor to become a better DBA. He shares some thoughts and advice about how to do this.
2009-08-27
654 reads
In this tip I show you how you can use the built-in SQL Server database diagram tool. I go through some of them messages you may get when getting started and then look at various tasks that you would perform using this free tool.
2009-08-27
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The next SQLBits conference is being held Nov 19-21, 2009 in Newport, UK. If you want to attend or even speak, read more about this event.
2009-08-27
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A script that will move the files of a passed set of databases to a new data folder and log folder from James DiMauro.
2009-08-26
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SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.
2009-08-26
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I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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