Portable Data Centers
Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-01
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Articles
Portable Data Centers
Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-01
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The Concept of Cardinal Reciprocity- A Primer
Too many authors in the field of relational theory have neglected the concept of Cardinal Reciprocity. This can cause a number of subtle problems with database design in terms of its derivability, redundancy, and consistency. . Increasingly, this little-understood aspect of relational theory, that emphasises the cardinality of the attributes of tuples in a relation and the reciprocity with isomorphic foreign key restraints, is becoming a hot forum topic.
2009-04-01
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SSIS File Exists Over Range of Time
The process to use a vb script task to check for a file existence over a time range.
2009-03-31
6,441 reads
Using OpenRowSet - SQL School Video
This SQL School video from MVP Andy Warren shows you how to use the OpenRowSet command to access data stored outside of SQL Server.
2009-03-31
3,185 reads
How to Identify Blocking Problems with SQL Profiler
Many SQL Server developers and DBAs have, in the past, had their own favourite diagnostic Stored Procedures for investigating blocking issues. But since SQL Server 2005, it's a good idea to use the SQL Profiler for all but the most complex problems. Brad McGehee takes us through the steps...
2009-03-31
3,761 reads
Monitoring SQL Server Agent with Powershell
This article introduces the reader to Powershell. The application that it demonstrates is one that monitors SQL Server Agent to make sure it is running.
2009-03-31
3,061 reads
Using FOR XML clause to generate KML
Creating KML files for many of the GIS applications such as Google Earth can be an easy and rich part of your business intelligence efforts
2009-03-30
8,636 reads
Combining SQL Server & Flash Technologies - Floor Plan example
Starting the summer 2002, for about a year or so, the team and I embarked on a project to develop business for local utilities giant Hydro Quebec, by developing a web site for the twenty-first International Commission on Large Dams' congress in Montreal, where it was hosted in 2003.
2009-03-30
2,257 reads
Connecting Oracle BI Publisher to SQL Server
One of the main features of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP) is its ability to connect to pretty much every major RDBMS on the market. Steve Callan shares the little documented steps of how to establish a connection to SQL Server.
2009-03-30
1,937 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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