Temp Tables in SQL Server
This is an entry level look at how temp tables work in SQL along with some tips about how to use them effectively.
2006-07-14 (first published: 2004-02-11)
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This is an entry level look at how temp tables work in SQL along with some tips about how to use them effectively.
2006-07-14 (first published: 2004-02-11)
82,281 reads
SQL Server 2005 has brought about many paradigm changes, including substantial changes to the SQL Server Agent subsystem. Dinesh Asanka takes a new look at roles and counters in 2005.
2006-05-03
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SQL Server allows multiple triggers on a table, but the order in which they are executed can sometimes cause problems. Author Dinesh Asanka brings us a technique for managing the order of execution for your triggers.
2006-04-06
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Do you have a need to generate bar codes for an application? Check out this new product, reviewed by Dinesh Asanka, that uses Reporting Services to help you easily print bar codes.
2006-03-09
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One of the lesser used features of SQL Server is the ability to access the functionality in various DLLs using a COM interface. Dinesh Asanka brings us a basic article with a few examples in how you can work with COM components from inside SQL Server 2000.
2005-10-31
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How many times have you wished you could throttle the CPU use of SQL Server? Or for a database? Prevent your developers from using too many resources while sharing the server with production or QA. ArmTech for Windows can do this and Dinsesh Asanka brings us a review of how this product worked in his environment.
2005-07-26
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SQL Server can support many different languages through Unicode. Author Dinesh Asanka brings us a basic article on how the server supports different languages.
2005-07-04
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SQL Server 2000 has an amazing ETL tool in Data Transformation Services that is included at no charge, something none of the other database vendors include. DTS has great flexibility to make your job easier, but it has some quirks in this version. The Multi Phase Data Pump is hidden inside the tool, but can provide a great programming environment and Dinesh Asanka brings us a look at what you can do wit this tool.
2005-03-29
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SQL Server and Access are usually linked together as Access used for applications at the beginning of their lifecycle that are later moved to SQL Server when the load gets too high or the data sizes grow. There are often cases where you may also want to use SQL Server as a backend to an Access application. But how do you get your data from Access to SQL Server? Author Dinesh Asanka brings us an overview of the various ways that you can move your Access database to SQL Server.
2005-02-21
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On this site, we have taken a contrarian approach to looking at the ways to configure SQL Server with our Worst Practices series. However Microsoft still looks at it from the other side and release a tool called the Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server. Author Dinesh Asanka brings us a short look at this tool.
2004-11-11
12,629 reads
By Vinay Thakur
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