QL 2005 adds two new methods – signing with certificates and impersonation with EXECUTE AS – that can manage cases where the classic method of ownership chaining fails. I explain the two new methods, as well as the old one, and warns you about the pitfalls.
2008-04-15
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It has come to my attention that some of our MSDB databases are getting what I would consider large for a system database. Some of our MSDB databases are over 2 GB which is a little perplexing because I know we do not create any user defined objects in that database. Can you give me some insight into the issue? I know we have this issue with both SQL Server 2000 and 2005 instances.
2008-04-14
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Part 4 of this series focuses on storing BLOBs on the Windows File System and using Microsoft SQL Server to organize them from a web page.
2008-04-14
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We are just getting started with PerformancePoint Server 2007 and trying to help our business users to develop their first scorecard. For those of you who are new to Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, PPS is a recent addition to the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) offering.
2008-04-11
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This article shows how to implement an automatic sliding window in a partitioned table on Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
2008-04-11
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On my database server I have my databases set to the full recovery model, but the transaction logs get quite big, so I am issuing a BACKUP LOG with NO_LOG. I am not exactly sure if this causes any issues, but I know that I am able to free up space in my transaction log and shrink the file. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?
2008-04-10
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One of the more obscure requirements that a developer may find themselves facing is the need to compare a row with its immediate sibling. One such case is when a list of values needs to be processed to produce a moving average or to smooth a sequence of statistical numbers where their order is important. For example, values lying along a time line. The solution is actually quite simple, but not immediately obvious.
2008-04-10
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When you are trying to pin down the cause of a problem with a SQL Server, there is probably going to come a time when you need to get 'trace' information. If you've ever done that, you'll know how easy it is to get overwhelmed by the detail. Here, Shawn McGehee shows how to get round the problem by capturing trace information on a schedule, filtering the captured information, and monitoring it from a central location.
2008-04-09
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This article illustrates how to query dynamic management views to find the TOP queries based on average CPU and average I/O.
2008-04-09
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Different ways of passing sets of data between stored procedures.
2008-04-08
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