Implementing SQL Server 2008 FILESTREAM functionality
Learn to enable the FILESTREAM feature in SQL Server 2008 and configure your database to support it.
2009-06-18
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Additional Articles
The Basic Functionality of Report Designer
Recent installments of our series dedicated to the most prominent features of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition have discussed its reporting capabilities. This article illustrates another approach to generating reports, relying on the Report Server Project template, which offers a considerably wider range of flexibility than its wizard-driven counterpart does.
2009-06-18
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Hub-And-Spoke: Building an EDW with SQL Server and Strategies of Implementation
This document describes common data warehouse implementation strategies and proposes an effective hub-and-spoke architecture using a massively parallel processing system with multiple instances of SQL Server databases.
2009-06-17
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Using Microsoft Hyper-V for SQL Server consolidation
Learn about the advantages available for SQL Server consolidation and virtualization when running SQL Server 2008 on Microsoft Hyper-V for Windows 2008.
2009-06-17
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The 10 Essential Rules of Dimensional Modeling
Follow the rules to ensure granular data, flexibility and a future-proofed information resource. Break the rules and you'll confuse users and run into data warehousing brick walls.
2009-06-16
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Determining the source of full transaction logs
Many DBAs at some point have had to deal with a full transaction log. Check out these steps for finding the cause to quickly solve the problem.
2009-06-15
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Geo-Replication Performance Gains with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Running on Windows Server 2008
This paper provides IT pros with an in-depth look at the tests conducted by the MSCOM Ops team, insight into the results, and technical analysis of the enhancements to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 that enable wide area network (WAN)–based geo-replication.
2009-06-12
2,093 reads
Using authenticators with SQL Server encryption
Authenticators are additional data that gets encrypted along with the data to be stored in an encrypted manner. When it comes to decrypt the data, if the right authenticator isn't specified, SQL Server doesn't return the data in the decrypted form. Rather, a NULL value is returned, just as if the wrong key was used.
2009-06-12
2,384 reads
Retrieve List of Databases and their Properties using PowerShell
I would like to translate some of the Transact-SQL scripts that I use every day, starting with the simple ones like retrieving a list of databases and their properties for auditing purposes.
2009-06-11
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Using the FOR XML Clause to Return Query Results as XML
The FOR XML clause in SQL Server causes a lot of difficulty, mainly because it is rather poorly explained in Books-on-Line. We challenged Bob Sheldon to make it seem simple. Here is his sublime response.
2009-06-11
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