Executing SQL Stored Procedures from inside a Web Application
This article, the last in the Stored Procedure series, will focus on RETURN parameters.
2006-06-16
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Security in the CLR World Inside SQL Server
s running .NET Framework code within SQL Server 2005 exciting or a threat? Which is it? This article explores the security issues of SQLCLR code so that both developers and DBAs can make informed decisions about its use.
2006-06-15
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Tuning Up SQL Server 2005 Databases
SQL Server 2005 comes with a built-in answer to this problem: the Database Engine Tuning Advisor. Combining a simple user interface with a deep knowledge of SQL Server, this utility can help you tune your databases for peak performance.
2006-06-14
3,523 reads
Reap the Benefits of SQL Server's New Database Tuning Advisor
The Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) is an improvement over the old Index Tuning Wizard. Learn how to access the advanced features of DTA from the command line with a custom configuration.
2006-06-13
1,777 reads
Agile Development and ICONIX
Lightweight and adaptable, but with proper emphasis on the design phase, the ICONIX methodology can help you avoid Constant Refactoring After Programming...
2006-06-09
1,977 reads
To SP or not to SP in SQL Server: an argument for stored procedures
A seemingly never-ending battle in online database forums involves the question of whether or not database application development should involve the use of stored procedures.
2006-06-08
2,270 reads
Strategy, Tactics, and Business Intelligence
There is a lot of talk these days about “business intelligence” (BI for short). Pick up any magazine aimed at business or technology professionals, and you’re sure to read about things like data warehouses, dashboards, cubes, ETL, SCD, and a seemingly endless list of other specialized terms and acronyms. One might be left wondering, is this something to which I should be paying attention?
2006-06-06
2,524 reads
SQL Server Performance Testing
This (new) design bothered me. It violated one of the fundamentals that I'd learned and read about for years; namely keeping the primary key small and narrow. It also looked like it would be difficult to maintain. Finally, after arguing back and forth about the merits and drawbacks of each of the designs, we decided that testing them was the only way to be sure
2006-06-02
4,359 reads
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services - Transaction Support - Part 25
The latest article in our series discusses improvements in the transactional support implemented in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. The more granular scope of transactions, which now can be assigned to arbitrarily designated Control Flow tasks and containers, makes it is possible to limit their impact or execute several of them in parallel. However, even with this improved functionality, you need to keep the blocking issues they might potentially introduce in mind.
2006-06-01
2,138 reads
Talking Technical
Should IT managers understand technical issues, or is a full appreciation of the technology somehow unworthy and unnecessary for senior staff? In such a rapidly changing industry where fortunes are made and lost by attempting to exploit gaps in the market too thin to see with the naked eye, the answer would seem obvious. However, I have repeatedly come across amazing gaps in the technical knowledge of managers.
2006-05-31
2,425 reads
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