In a previous tip we saw how easy it was to link to SQL Server tables from Microsoft Access. As is the case with all systems, how does Access manage the changes? What happens when you modify the structure of the underlying SQL Server table? What happens to the SQL Server table if you delete the linked table in Access? We will look at each of these situations in this tip.
2008-05-14
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This article provides guidance to what an integrated EDW is and what design elements are needed to achieve integration.
2008-05-13
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This article examines the built in reports called SQL Server Management Studio Reports and an additional add-on called Performance Dashboard.
2008-05-13
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SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline focuses on PerfMon counters for SQL Server and shares best practices for tracking IO intensive access methods and buffer manager activity.
2008-05-12
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ckup compression is a new feature in SQL Server 2008 that can help provide smaller sized backups and reduce backup time. This document provides guidance related to tuning options for backup performance. All of the information and test results presented here were done specifically by using the backup compression feature of SQL Server 2008; however, they apply broadly to any backup scenario whether backup compression is used or not
2008-05-12
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Often developers are tasked with not only developing functional code, but also with ensuring that the code they develop scales well and performs in the application environment.
2008-05-09
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In this article we will share some of the common reasons for slow-running queries and what your approach should be for identifying and fixing them.
2008-05-08
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The need to test a program that accesses and manipulates a back-end SQL Server® database is very common. In many such cases, the application interacts with the back-end data through the use of SQL stored procedures. In this type of scenario, you can think of the stored procedures as auxiliary methods of the system under test; and they must therefore be tested just like any other module in the system.
2008-05-08
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Over the past few years, software developers have used various kinds of technologies to retrieve data from relational databases. SQL Server 2000 is the first Microsoft DBMS to fully support XML. In this article the author concentrates on the FOR XML clause in SQL Server versions, 2000 and 2005. Click on title for more
2008-05-07
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This article explores the options available in SQL Server 2005 for Slowly Changing Dimensions.
2008-05-07
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