As we all know, SQL Server 2005 has new features when compared to SQL Server 2000. One of the features that we are going to discuss in this article is the Row_Number() function. SQL Server Database administrators and developers have been longing for this function for a long time--now the wait is over.
2006-01-18
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SP_WHO_3 is a very powerful utility for all DBAs. It displays processes connected to the system and what they are doing. It can find blocking processes, can return the Input Buffer for everything in the recordset returned, and provides immense filtering and sorting capabilities. It's designed to be extremely efficient, yet it provides many more […]
2006-01-17 (first published: 2004-08-12)
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In this series of articles, you will learn the basics of installing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 as well as how to use MOM to monitor SQL Server. This article takes advantage of virtualization. We will use VMware Workstation 5 to create the lab to introduce you to the basics of installing MOM to monitor SQL Server.
2006-01-17
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A question came up on an internal alias about how can one download a file over HTTP. Here's a script that does that, should be trivial to wrap it inside a task if you forsee doing this over and over again.
2006-01-13
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Continuing the coverage of debugging features in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Data Flow, which we started in the previous installment of this series, we will now focus on the Script Component.
2006-01-12
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The alternative to surrogate keys is natural data keys. In order to understand the many substantial benefits of surrogate keys it's necessary to discuss some background on the issues involved.
2006-01-10
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In this lesson, we revisit usage-based optimization, a subject that we undertook in my article MSAS Administration and Optimization: Simple Cube Usage Analysis, in September of 2003, and MSAS Administration and Optimization: Toward More Sophisticated Analysis in October of 2003. In the earlier articles, we discovered that, among several tools that Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services offered us to assist in the maintenance and optimization of our cubes, two of these tools, the Usage Analysis Wizard and the Usage-Based Optimization Wizard, leveraged the usage-based optimization features of Analysis Services.
2006-01-10
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Data modeling is no doubt one of the most important and challenging aspects of developing, maintaining, augmenting and integrating typical enterprise systems. More than 90% of functionality of enterprise systems is centered round creating, manipulating and querying data. It therefore stands to reason that individuals managing enterprise projects should leverage on data modeling to execute their projects successfully and deliver not only capable and cost effective but also maintainable and extendable systems
2006-01-09
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Definitely written for backup ISVs, but this is an interesting architectural article as to how the backup systems will work in SQL Server 2005.
2006-01-06
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IT leaders from enterprises around the world have realized that acquiring and implementing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) application packages is a smarter thing to do, than the traditional approach of developing home-grown applications. This may not be the fit-for-all solution, but it makes sense from a cost, time to market and resource standpoint. Selection and acquisition of the software package is just the first step. How the software package brings value through successful implementation, is critical to the business. Internal groups as well as industry analysts will closely watch COTS package implementation in the organization.
2006-01-05
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