SQL Server Database Coding Conventions and Best Practices
Learn the key basics of writing quality Transact-SQL code.
2001-09-07
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Learn the key basics of writing quality Transact-SQL code.
2001-09-07
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Do OLAP tools shortchange users with time-varying data? This article by Seth Grimes looks at some of the problems with OLAP tools.
2001-09-06
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An interesting question and one that The OLAP Report attempts to answer. This article is an analysis of what the increasingly misused OLAP term is supposed to mean.
2001-09-05
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The User_Defined_Functions.exe file contains the User-Defined Functions white paper. The User-Defined functions white paper outlines the characteristics of the new user-defined function (UDF) feature that is introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The white paper also summarizes how you can create your own Transact-SQL functions to extend the programmability of Transact-SQL.
2001-08-31
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Amir Netz is one of the true OLAP and SQL Server gurus at Microsoft. If you ever get the chance to see him speak, go. This is one of his articles examining OLAP services.
2001-08-30
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In an online transaction processing (OLTP) environment, the connection affinity mask option may provide performance enhancement in high-end, enterprise-level SQL Server environments that are running on computers with 16 or more CPUs. In particular, this option is useful when there are a significant number of network interactions (more than 10,000 per second) between the middle-tier application servers and the back-end SQL Server system.
2001-08-28
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Robert Vallee has announced that he will release the source code to SQL Insider early to September 15th. On that date, members will be able to download the source code and make modifications to the program.
2001-08-27
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Are you thinking of becoming a master DBA? If so, find out how you can in this article.
2001-08-24
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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 allows you to restore transactional replication databases without reinitializing subscriptions or disabling and reconfiguring publishing and distribution. You can set up replication to work with log shipping, enabling you to use a warm standby server without reconfiguring replication.
2001-08-21
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From a DBA's point-of-view, the bigger the SQL Server box, the better. What would you consider to be the ultimate SQL Server box?
2001-08-10
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By SQLPals
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