CS TechCast 7: Super Sized SQL
A weekly show from a few SQL Server MVPs that looks at a variety of technology items. This episode concentrates on SQL server.
2008-01-18
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Additional Articles
Data Integration Solutions for Master Data Management
This white paper describes how application developers can leverage the functionality of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services to address the data integration challenges of Master Data Management applications.
2008-01-18
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Server Side Paging using SQL Server 2005
A common activity in applications is to page results or record sets from a database. This is usually done on the client using the client's paging functionality or on the server through a variety of methods. In SQL Server 2000 those server side methods typically used dynamic SQL or nested TOP clauses and weren't very efficient. Using Common Table Expressions in SQL Server 2005 we have a better way to page record sets on the server.
2008-01-17 (first published: 2007-01-25)
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The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 1
The definitions of data governance and data stewardship that I use have changed, albeit slightly, over the years of providing data governance and stewardship solutions.
2008-01-17
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Using Report Parameters in SQL Server Reporting Services
Report parameters assist in narrowing down a report for better analysis.
2008-01-17
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SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 14 - Replication Support
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition's small footprint and free-of-charge use has some negative implications, imposing restrictions on functionality available in the Standard or Enterprise editions. This is especially conspicuous in the case of replication, which we will explore starting with this installment.
2008-01-16
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SQL Server clustered index design for performance
Find why SQL Server clustered index design should be narrow and static and how clustered indexes affect many-to-many tables to improve database performance.
2008-01-16
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Application Locks (or Mutexes) in SQL Server 2005
Application locks aren't a well known area of locking in SQL Server, but they can be very useful for special scenarios. They work in an analogous way to the lock() construct in .Net and are basicaly user defined mutexes in SQL Server.
2008-01-15
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Expert DBA tips in 3 posters
An offer from Red Gate for free downloadable posters. You can print them out and decorate your cube, showing some great disaster recovery tips from MVP Brad McGehee.
2008-01-15
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It's All About the Data
It would be wonderful to be able to simple purchase a tool or technology and have your data challenges disappear. It is time to step back and take a much needed different look at data.
2008-01-15
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Blogs
A Broken Copilot Query
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I was testing the new SSMS (v22 Preview 3) with Copilot and ran into...
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The Journey to PostgreSQL (or anything)
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Question of the Day
A Common Split
What happens when I run this code:
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(1000) = 'apple, pear, peach' SELECT * FROM STRING_SPLIT(@s, ', ')See possible answers