The Daily Database Build
From SQLTeam's Bill Granazio, a look at how he ensures his database scripts are always working.
2004-09-01
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DataSet Server CE: Database Connectivity for Windows Mobile-Based Devi
A short tutorial on building database back-ended applications with SQL Server and CE. If you're looking to build mobile apps, this is a good place to start.
2004-08-31
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Search for text in procedures and show context
This script will search for text within stored procedures and udf's. As a bonus, it will also diplay a user-configurable number of lines from each stored proc to show the search text "in context" so you can tell if it is something you need to deal with without having to open every proc manually.
2004-08-30 (first published: 2004-05-25)
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Convert Sql Data to any file format
This sp convert SQL Server data into any file format.eg xsl,txt,doc etc.
2004-08-27 (first published: 2004-05-15)
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MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Introduction to Moving Avera
In this article, we will examine "rolling average" aggregations, a common business requirement. "Rolling," or "moving," averages, involve a measure, the average under consideration, that is aggregated over a progressively moving window of time periods.
2004-08-27
1,555 reads
Bulk Insert proc to try out ur optimization skills
This SP can be used for bulk inserting data from an ascii text file onto a table. You have to change the structure, of the temporary table (ITEM_MASTER_TEMP) and the actual table onto which data is inserted, to suit ur needs . I wish you people workout this SP and try to optimize it as […]
2004-08-26 (first published: 2004-05-24)
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MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Period - to - Date Aggregati
In this article, we began with a discussion of general business needs as related to the concept of relative time. We then undertook a practical, multi-step exercise, based upon a hypothetical business need, to illustrate a potential solution for a stated requirement.
2004-08-26
992 reads
Foreign keys chain in a view. It may be useful.
I made this view because I had to generate a sql server database from an Oracle database and I had to knew the order in which I import tables.This view, which may be improved, contains the foreign key, the primary and detail table, the column and it's position and may be useful in many situations
2004-08-25 (first published: 2004-05-13)
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MDX in Analysis Services: Mastering Time: Change across Periods
In this article and others subsequent to it, we will focus on time considerations in our MDX queries., and how we can successfully report change over time, as well as to accumulate those changes to present the precise snapshots, trends and other time-based metrics so dearly appreciated in business.
2004-08-25
1,221 reads
sp_who by database sp_who_db
This stored procedure takes in a database name and returns all spids for that databases.
2004-08-24 (first published: 2004-05-04)
256 reads
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