Fine Tuning your Database Design in SQL 2005
If your SQL Server app is suffering from poor performance and you suspect a missing index, then read on
2006-10-30
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Contract Coding: Ensuring your Client pays up
Damon Armstrong learned the hard way about the consequences of not having a clearly defined project scope or work contract
2006-10-27
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Calculating financial values in SQL Server
SQL Server 2000 and 2005 do not include much in the way of financial functions, but there are many sources for the formulas for financial calculations. In this tip, I present the present value (PV) and future value (FV) functions, both of which are scalar UDFs.
2006-10-26
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SQL Server DATE/TIME Workbench
The definitively "hands-on" guide to handling dates and times in SQL Server
2006-10-25
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Introducing Actions in Analysis Services 2005
In this and the related articles, we will overview Actions in Analysis Services 2005. Much as they did in the previous version of Analysis Services, Actions allow information consumers to go beyond the robust OLAP perspective offered by Analysis Services, and to "step outside" for related information, or to generate commands or initialize programs, without leaving their current analysis focus.
2006-10-24
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Data partitioning in SQL Server 2005 - Part I
Learn how to make life easier by dividing large tables and indexes into smaller parts.
2006-10-23
3,774 reads
SQL Server Backup Crib Sheet
It's small and neat but it might just save your data...Robyn Page's crib sheet tells you everything you wanted to know about SQL Server backup but were afraid to ask.
2006-10-20
4,868 reads
Build molecular queries from atoms in SQL Server
Every SQL Server developer has a preferred method of doing things; mine is what I call molecular queries. These are queries assembled from atomic queries; by which, I mean that they address exactly one table. By combing atoms, I can create molecules.
2006-10-19
3,998 reads
Low-Cost High Availability: Simple Database Monitoring in a Windows En
The .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 make it easy to create a basic but extensible database-monitoring solution without a lot of complexity or coding.
2006-10-18
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Fine Tuning your Database Design in SQL 2005
Sanchan Saxena gets to grips with the new index-tuning tools and features in SQL 2005
2006-10-17
3,510 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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