Recent installments of our series dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition have discussed the Reporting Services component. This article provides an overview of sample reports that you can take advantage of in order to familiarize yourself with the more advanced graphical designer features present in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition-based Reporting Services.
2009-07-03
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A forum posting, from someone who wanted a better solution to the common problem of handling global settings in a database, leads Joe Celko into a fascinating discussion of the ramifications of the various solutions.
2009-07-02
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I am planning on moving the SQL Server log file of my production database on this drive. I am curious about how it will optimize the performance. What are some of the considerations I should take into account and how can I move the SQL Server database log file to a separate physical location?
2009-07-02
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From monitoring e-mail messages to distributing reports for users, SQL Server's database mail proves quite useful. Learn how to use it in SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005/2008.
2009-07-01
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For SQL Server and Exchange Server, Windows Server Virtualization is going to be increasingly important as a way for the administrator to allocate hardware resources in the most efficient way, provide more robust services, and deploy services. Jaap Wesselius starts his new series on Hyper-V by explaining what Hyper-V is, how it relates to Windows Server 2008 and how it compares to ESX, Virtual Server and Virtual PC.
2009-07-01
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Is there any way that my ad hoc backups will not interrupt the sequence of my backup plan?
2009-06-30
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Learn how the Execute SQL and Bulk Insert tasks can be combined to create a database and insert data into the database.
2009-06-30
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Page compression is a new feature available in Enterprise and Developer editions of SQL Server 2008. In this article, MAK discusses how to enable PAGE data compression on a table and index.
2009-06-29
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In a recent blog post, see the steps Denny Cherry thinks are vital to monitoring both successful and unsuccessful outside user logins to your SQL Server.
2009-06-29
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Is there a way to identify which objects are dependent on other objects within a SQL Server database? I need to modify the table structure to add new columns. However, before making any changes I want to make sure that I understand all the object dependencies. Is there a way in SQL Server 2008 to quickly identify all the object dependencies?
2009-06-26
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