SqlCredit - Part 3: Schema/Proc Updates and Automated Unit Testing
In this month’s installment, we will discuss updates based on feedback from part 2 as well as introduce automated unit testing.
2007-06-14
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Additional Articles
SqlCredit - Part 2: Creating the Database, Tables, CRUD Procedures
Continuing with this series on building a database system
2007-06-13
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Part 1: Introduction, Business Problem, and Initial Design
The purpose of the SqlCredit series is to demonstrate the database design and development portion of a development project. We will build a complete, functioning, tested credit card database to illustrate the complete software development lifecycle.
2007-06-12
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Bridging the Impedance Mismatch Between Business Intelligence and Serv
Business intelligence (BI) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) have conflicting principles and needs. This article will show you how to make peace between them.
2007-06-11
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Cut development time with SQL Server 2005's synonyms
A synonym is a new object to SQL Server 2005. It is a way to give an alias to an already existing object. For example, if you have a table named SalesHistoryFromArchiveF
2007-06-08
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How to Read Raw Files in SSIS
If you've ever used SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS), you will have come across raw files. Microsoft introduced them with SSIS as a mechanism for storing data on the local file system. The design of raw files enables data to be written very quickly but, unfortunately, to achieve this performance Microsoft has used a proprietary binary storage format.
2007-06-07
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Enforce Business Rules for All Your Data with Constraints
The only way to guarantee that your business rules are always enforced for all your data is by using constraints. Learn how to use them to enforce business rules in the database.
2007-06-05
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A Primer on Managing Data Bitemporally
In systems that require, for auditing purposes, advanced logging and reproducibility of reports between runs, a straightforward update, insert, or delete may be counter-productive. In such circumstances, a bitemporal model is necessary
2007-06-04
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Creative uses for COALESCE() in SQL Server
COALESCE() accepts a series of values and a value to use in the event that all items in the list are null; then, it returns the first not-null value. This tip describes two creative uses of the COALESCE() function in SQL Server.
2007-06-01
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Parallel Statistics Update
Full scan statistics update can be slow and expensive on a large system, and a single update statistics job for a whole database can easily exceed an overnight maintenance window. This article looks at jobs that could update statistics on the system in parallel.
2007-05-31
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