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  • RE: Reporting Database and OLAP combined?

    Nick-957131 (2/5/2014)


    I suppose my question now is can I (should I) use the same dim / facts and subsequent views to support reporting as well as ssas?

    Thanks again...

    Oh, sure. ...


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  • RE: Strange Conversion Issue from varchar to Int

    At a guess, check your app.startdate field. Also check the join fields from the source, see if they're trying to convert incorrectly to int.

    You're going to have to dig...


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  • RE: Multiple Schemas means Multiple Users?

    Kuzey (2/5/2014)


    Do I have to create separate db users for each schema (and make the related schema as its default) so that the app does not need to use schema...


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  • RE: Execution Plan vs DTA missing index recommendations

    DTA is... um... I'll find a polite word for it in a moment, hang on.

    ....

    DTA is a best effort guess from an app to try to help you figure out...


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  • RE: I'm .NET Developer with 3 years of experience. Looking to change career to DBA. Advise please.

    GilaMonster (2/5/2014)


    Evil Kraig F (2/5/2014)


    I was inaccurate about the intern level though, at least for the administration test. My bad, thanks for clarifying that for me/us.

    That quote was actually...


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  • RE: Reporting Database and OLAP combined?

    I personally wouldn't build views for dims/facts over the staging tables. I'd use SCD2 design and create a proper warehouse. The SSAS then just sits on top of...


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  • RE: Developers and SSIS Packages settings in Visual Studio

    Phil Parkin (2/5/2014)


    +1 to Lempster's answers, I agree with them all. Though I would more strongly recommend using the project model in 2012 - been using it for about a...


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  • RE: I'm .NET Developer with 3 years of experience. Looking to change career to DBA. Advise please.

    GilaMonster (2/5/2014)


    And, from the exam description page:

    Who should take this exam?

    This exam is intended for SQL Server database administrators, system engineers, and developers with two or more years of experience,...


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  • RE: Sorting large volume of data

    cjmorelock (1/31/2014)


    I have ~3,500 pipe-delimited text files totaling 300+ GB of data and ~4.8 billion records.

    Well, minimally logged operations just went out the window, unless you're going to merge prior...


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  • RE: Need to execute the results of a table automatically, rather than copy/paste/execute

    Agree with Jason above. Usually to do this you build a cursor around your temp table, then wrap it in EXEC( @sql) or an sp_executeSQL item. Fetch until...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/4/2014)


    I have no idea how Oracle works.

    Well, I only know enough to be dangerous to myself and others, so I'm right there with you.

    With a physical RID, SQL has...


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  • RE: AVOID JOINING ON TO THE SAME TABLE MULTIPLE TIMES?

    Short form: You're pivoting your data. You're going to have to call the data multiple times to selectively choose what you're pivoting with.

    Now, you could do a temp table...


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  • RE: I'm .NET Developer with 3 years of experience. Looking to change career to DBA. Advise please.

    I fear you may have some misconceptions about the expectations of where you're going.

    MinhTuCSharper (2/4/2014)


    My company is mid-size (about 400-500 employees), my current salary is 61k. I would like to...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (2/4/2014)


    RID is pretty close to a physical address. It's File Number:Page Number:Slot index. Location within a database file, not location on a disk. Yes, with a clustered index you...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant,

    My personal concern with that article is bits and pieces like this:

    Unlike heap tables, clustered indexes are “living creatures” that move rows around as needed to maintain their properties (i.e.:...


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