Azure SQL Server Database
SQL Server in Azure
You can create and leverage cloud based SQL Server instances using Microsoft Azure. However, if you have...
2014-12-04 (first published: 2014-12-01)
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Business Intelligence and Enterprise Architecture
SQL Server Management Studio Reports
SQL Server Management Studio Reports
Whether you are an Application, SQL, BI Developer or a DBA. Knowing what is occurring within...
2014-11-21 (first published: 2014-11-17)
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SQL Server Table Partition Example
Why Use a SQL Server Table Partition
Data warehouses and data repositories often have tables that store millions of records and...
2014-11-03
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SQL Pass Summit 2014
Next week I will be in Seattle for the 2014 SQL Pass Summit event. If you are involved in projects...
2014-10-30
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SQL Server TABLESAMPLE
Using TABLESAMPLE in SQL Server
SQL Server has several ways for you to limit the number of records returned from a...
2014-10-28 (first published: 2014-10-20)
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SQL Server Checksum
Use SQL Server Checksum in Data Warehousing
When building data warehouses you often need a fast way to know if the...
2014-10-14
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Common Table Expressions (CTE)
Common Table Expresseion (CTE)
A common table expression (CTE) is a derived table that is defined and only stored for the...
2014-10-08 (first published: 2014-10-03)
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SQL Server 2014 Cardinality Estimator
SQL Server 2014 Cardinality Estimator
The SQL Server 2014 cardinality estimator has been improved to increase the quality of SQL Server query...
2014-09-25
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Schema on Read vs Schema on Write
Schema on Read vs Schema on Write in Business Intelligence
When starting build out a new BI strategy. There are more...
2014-09-12
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Business Intelligence Strategy – Beginning Steps
Business Intelligence Strategy
A business intelligence strategy is used to determine where an organization is and where they are going with...
2014-09-01
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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