SQL Server 2012 and other PASS annoucements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
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SQL Server 2012 and other PASS announcements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
981 reads
Error configuration in SSAS
In SSAS, there is an Error Configuration object that is central to the management of data integrity errors.
The following picture...
2011-10-12
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Sometimes temp tables can be your best friend
Here is a quick example of when using temporary tables will give you a big performance gain. I recently was...
2011-10-10
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Denormalizing dimension tables
When building a SSAS cube, you typically have a star schema containing dimension tables and fact tables. For dimension tables,...
2011-10-07
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Microsoft’s Data Warehouse offerings
If you are the decision maker in your company and you are tasked with purchasing one or more servers to...
2011-10-05
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Want to browse the web faster?
In our day-to-day activities, browsing the web is one of the most important aspects of our job. Whether researching for...
2011-10-03
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Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances
Microsoft has made available SQL Server appliances and reference architectures that allow customers to deploy data warehouse (DW), business intelligence (BI) and...
2011-09-30
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Consultants: 1099 or W-2?
As a consultant or contractor, you can sometimes be faced with the decision when taking a new contract of whether...
2011-09-28
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What is a Microsoft Regional Director?
First off, they don’t work for Microsoft. A Microsoft Regional Director (RD) is an unbiased third-party evangelist of Microsoft products and...
2011-09-26
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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