Kimball University: A Data Warehousing Fitness Program for Lean Times
How can you do more with less? Follow this data warehousing/BI strengthening regimen to cut cost, avoid expenditures and bulk up the bottom line.
2009-03-24
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Additional Articles
Finding the Causes of Poor Performance in SQL Server, Part 1
To tackle performance problems with applications, first use SQL Profiler to find the queries that constitute a typical workload: From the trace, spot the queries or stored procedures that are having the most impact. Then it's down to examining the execution plans and query statistics. You then see what effects you've had and maybe repeat the process. Gail explains all, in a two-part article.
2009-03-23
5,352 reads
Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
To continue this series on Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA, this tip will look at the pipeline and output processing.
2009-03-23
3,574 reads
Introducing New Features In The VSTS Database Edition GDR
In this article, we focus specifically on highlighting new features in the GDR, including its support for offline schema development, tools that support new processes that you can use when you develop a database schema, and features that support database administration.
2009-03-20
2,208 reads
The Flaws of the Classic Data Warehouse Architecture, Part 1
Visit ten randomly picked customers that own a data warehouse architecture, and you will see that at least eight have developed a classic data warehouse architecture (CDWA). What do I mean by a CDWA? In a CDWA, data is copied periodically from production systems to the central data warehouse.
2009-03-20
6,058 reads
Avoiding cursors with SQL Server 2005
Sometimes cursors are necessary when executing queries in SQL Server, but most of the time they can be avoided entirely. This article shows where cursors can traditionally be used, and how you can use features packaged in SQL Server 2005 to avoid them.
2009-03-19
5,627 reads
Does Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Fit Your Business?
While SQL Server 2008 offers several new benefits for organizations, the trick is figuring out if those performance and availability advantages are truly worth the upgrade.
2009-03-19
3,154 reads
Avoid Transact-SQL's Column Alias Limitations
A column alias seems like a great tool for referencing complex expressions, but SQL Server doesn't work that way. Learn a simple workaround.
2009-03-18
3,116 reads
Handling Service Broker Errors
The previous installment of the 'SQL Server 2005 Express Edition' series discussed using transactions to protect the integrity and consistency of Service Broker-based communication. Depending on the type of issue encountered by our code, the outcome might be different from expected. This article demonstrates a more robust approach to error handling and applies it to our target.
2009-03-18
1,351 reads
How to create indexes on computed columns in SQL Server
There are certain requirements for creating indexes on computed columns and this tip shows you want needs to be done.
2009-03-18
3,781 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
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