Tuning performance via disk arrays and disk
Tuning SQL Server performance means tuning hardware configurations and setup. Learn about configuring disk arrays and SQL disk partitioning alignment.
2008-09-03
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Additional Articles
Report Warns Of Data Warehouse 'Bottleneck' In Real-Time Analytics
In a report entitled "Really Urgent Analytics: The Sweet Spot for Real-Time Data Warehousing," Forrester advises intelligence and knowledge management professionals to familiarize themselves with the various approaches for adapting a data warehouse to meet real-time requirements, and, if necessary, consider bypassing the data warehouse altogether.
2008-09-02
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How To Use the Analysis Services Processing Task in SSIS 2005
We are looking to automate the processing of our SQL Server Analysis Services dimensions and cubes. We'd like to add this processing to our existing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages which periodically update our data warehouse from our OLTP systems. Can you give us the details on how the Analysis Services Processing Task can be used in an SSIS package?
2008-09-01
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Two methods for converting T-SQL date/time values
Learn two built-in functions for SQL Server data conversion from T-SQL date/time values to character types. These methods include SQL Server CAST and CONVERT.
2008-09-01
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Importance of the Resource Database
This article describes the importance of the Resource database in SQL Server 2005 & 2008
2008-08-29
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Software Tool Design: Design by Sketching
Developers can get so used to relying on computers for everything that they can forget how useful it can be in the design process to elicit and refine ideas whilst working in groups, using a sketchbook, pencils and crayons. Sometimes we all need a jolt to force us to take a different approach to solving software design problems.
2008-08-29
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SQL Server 2008 SSIS Cribsheet
SSIS has achieved several new and interesting features in SQL Server 2008. And who better to guide you through them and explain them but Robert Sheldon.
2008-08-28
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Using SET NULL and SET DEFAULT with Foreign Key Constraints
Cascading Updates and Deletes, introduced with SQL Server 2000, were such an important, crucial feature that it is hard to imagine providing referential integrity without them. One of the new features in SQL Server 2005 that hasn't gotten a lot of press from what I've read is the new options for the ON DELETE and ON UPDATE clauses: SET NULL and SET DEFAULT. Let's take a look!
2008-08-28
2,984 reads
Discover SQL Server TCP Port
Learn how to discover the TCP port for a SQL Server instance from the registry using Windows Powershell.
2008-08-27
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Using full-text search for symbols in SQL Server
Here's how to use full-text search in SQL Server when querying exact SQL expressions that include symbols. Use these steps to search symbols in SQL with these steps.
2008-08-27
3,524 reads
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