The CV Detectives
You may find this shocking, but some IT people lie on their CV. Richard Morris offers a rare glimpse into the dark underworld of the people tasked with rooting out the CV fraudsters.
2006-11-03
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Additional Articles
Toying with template parameters in SQL Server 2005
If you create functions or stored procedures from SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, you will notice that the new window is filled with a template. In general, you get a skeleton interspersed with markers. This article discusses how you can use templates.
2006-11-02
2,522 reads
Kimball University: Four Fixes Refurbish Legacy Data Warehouses
DW/BI professionals are often tasked with making evolutionary upgrades and improvements to minimize cost and upheaval in the current analytic environment. We explore four upgrades that can breathe new life into legacy data warehouses.
2006-10-31
2,682 reads
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
2,990 reads
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
3,089 reads
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
2,458 reads
SQL Server DATE/TIME Workbench
The definitively "hands-on" guide to handling dates and times in SQL Server
2006-10-25
2,883 reads
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
2,654 reads
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
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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