Database Normalization Basics
The task of Database Normalization doesn't have to be painful, especially if you follow Old Mother Celko's Normalization Heuristics.
2014-04-23
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Additional Articles
Microsoft Azure SQL Database Security - Firewall Configuration
Marcin Policht reviews security related challenges of Microsoft Azure Software as a Service-based SQL Database, focusing in particular on the SQL Server and database-level firewall access control functionality and methods that can be employed to implement it.
2014-04-22
3,521 reads
Monitoring SQL Server: An Interview with David Bick
Simple-Talk sat down with David Bick, a Red Gate Product Manager, to discuss his work on SQL Monitor and why passively monitoring SQL Server just doesn’t cut it anymore.
2014-04-21
4,290 reads
SQL Server Performance Tuning Using Wait Statistics: A Beginner's Guide
This beginner's guide to Wait Stats by Jonathan Kehayias and Erin Stellato is a free PDF download brought to you by SQL Skills and Simple-Talk.
2014-04-18
5,338 reads
Explaining the Calculations of Probability and Importance for Complex Association Rules in SSAS
The output from the Association Rules data mining model in SSAS 2012 can be difficult to understand, especially when the generated rules become more complex. In this tip we go through an example to provide a better understanding.
2014-04-17
3,252 reads
SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP Dynamic Management Views
Greg Larsen provides a quick primer of the new Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) to help you better understand and manage your In-Memory OLTP tables and your Instances that support In-Memory OLTP tables.
2014-04-16
4,379 reads
SQL Server Backup Crib Sheet
Robyn Page's crib sheet was a Simple-Talk classic, providing a terse but thorough roadmap of all of the important SQL Server backup-related considerations. It returns, newly revised for SQL Server 2014.
2014-04-15
7,299 reads
SQL Server Reporting Services Embedding .NET Code for Report Formatting and Error Handling
I want to embed code into my SQL Server Reporting Servers (SSRS) to allow special formatting for report output. How do I implement and deploy this code and what functionality can use this embedded code?
2014-04-14
3,867 reads
The DBA Detective: Disturbing Developments
Originally one of the articles in the first DBA Team series, Grant wonders what Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett would have done if asked to write technical articles for Simple-Talk. He came up with the DBA detective, hard-boiled Joe Dee Beay.
2014-04-11
3,702 reads
Managing SQL Server Services with PowerShell
PowerShell provides a command-line shell and scripting language (built in the .NET Framework) especially designed for administrative task automation and configuration management. Learn how to manage Windows services related to SQL Server, either on a local machine or remote machine, using PowerShell cmdlets.
2014-04-10
3,950 reads
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