How much of an improvement in processing time can a simple SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) partitioning structure provide? Can you provide any examples? Does this processing time improvement only apply to the fact tables? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-08-19
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Though the Key/Value pair paradigm is common to almost every computer language, there is no clear agreement yet for the definition of a Key/Value Pair database. However, Key/Value pair databases are valuable for special applications where speed of writing data is more important than searching and general versatility. Buck Woody experiments.
2013-08-16
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I’ve introduced my manager to SQL Server’s cloud based platform, SQL Azure and Windows Azure Virtual Machine. He wants to test functionality with some of our applications, which would require me to move my on premise databases to the Azure Virtual Machine. What is the easiest way to accomplish this task? See how it is done in this tip.
2013-08-15
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2013-08-15
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In this article Greg Larson outlines the exciting new features that come along with SQL Server 2014. He'll also let you know where you can download CTP1, as well as where you can find additional resources related to SQL Server 2014.
2013-08-14
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Some SQL problems are intriguing because, just when good methods emerge and are accepted, other alternative solutions are discovered. The fun of exploring problems such as 'Gaps and Islands' is all the greater when we have a thorough test-harness to try out the alternative solutions.
2013-08-13
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K. Brian Kelly is trying to use SQL Server's built-in encryption and sees there are three different options available for an asymmetric key, corresponding to key length. What's the impact of the key length?
2013-08-12
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A Powershell script that allows you to execute SSIS packages using the traditional Package Deployment Model can be very useful. But what do you do when the execution isn't triggered by the same computer where the target package resides? Marcin Policht offers a solution.
2013-08-09
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Check Constraints play a very important role in SQL Server as it allows data validation rules to be imposed at the SQL Server instance level itself instead of writing rules for each application.
2013-08-08
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2013-08-08 (first published: 2013-07-25)
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By Steve Jones
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers