SQL Server DATE/TIME Workbench
The definitively "hands-on" guide to handling dates and times in SQL Server
2006-10-25
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Additional Articles
Introducing Actions in Analysis Services 2005
In this and the related articles, we will overview Actions in Analysis Services 2005. Much as they did in the previous version of Analysis Services, Actions allow information consumers to go beyond the robust OLAP perspective offered by Analysis Services, and to "step outside" for related information, or to generate commands or initialize programs, without leaving their current analysis focus.
2006-10-24
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Data partitioning in SQL Server 2005 - Part I
Learn how to make life easier by dividing large tables and indexes into smaller parts.
2006-10-23
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SQL Server Backup Crib Sheet
It's small and neat but it might just save your data...Robyn Page's crib sheet tells you everything you wanted to know about SQL Server backup but were afraid to ask.
2006-10-20
4,868 reads
Build molecular queries from atoms in SQL Server
Every SQL Server developer has a preferred method of doing things; mine is what I call molecular queries. These are queries assembled from atomic queries; by which, I mean that they address exactly one table. By combing atoms, I can create molecules.
2006-10-19
3,998 reads
Low-Cost High Availability: Simple Database Monitoring in a Windows En
The .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 make it easy to create a basic but extensible database-monitoring solution without a lot of complexity or coding.
2006-10-18
4,043 reads
Fine Tuning your Database Design in SQL 2005
Sanchan Saxena gets to grips with the new index-tuning tools and features in SQL 2005
2006-10-17
3,510 reads
Design Challenge: Global Address
Are you up to the latest design challenge? A great way to sharpen our analysis and modeling skills is to continuously address real-world scenarios. A modeling scenario with suggested solutions appears each month in this Design Challenge column. The scenario is emailed to more than 1,000 modelers. The responses are then consolidated into this column.
2006-10-16
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Executing all SSIS packages in a folder: three methods
This article examines a variety of ways in which you can execute all the SSIS packages in a folder.
2006-10-13
1,958 reads
Rename DTS Tasks for Clear Log Text
This Script will create a copy of your DTS Package; append "_Renamed" to the end of the package name; and rename every task and step in the copied package to Task/Step_TaskType_DescriptionText_Sequence. The resulting package will lose all of it's text annotations, the layout will be the designer default rather than the original latout. It can […]
2006-10-12 (first published: 2005-01-05)
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