Typically transactional data is quite detailed and analyzing an entire dataset on a graph is not feasible. Generally such data is analyzed using some form of aggregation or frequency distribution. One of the specialized charts generally used in Reporting Services for statistical distribution is Histogram Charts. In this tip we look at how Histogram Charts can be used for statistical distribution analysis and how to create and configure this type of chart in SSRS.

Index Management

by sql frenzy

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Indexing

This article demonstrates an Index Management strategy to tackle day to day performance issues due to improper indexes.

Part 1: The Database Administrator's Primary Responsibility

by John Sansom

SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server Essentials Part 1: A look at the key responsibility of a DBA and why it is so vital.

The Desire for Control

by Steve Jones

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Editorial

This Friday Steve Jones asks you if you want more knobs for SQL Server or less? It's a debate that balances the need for the DBA to know more with the resources Microsoft spends to build better tuning into the product.

3 SQL Join Concepts to Help You Choose the Right Join

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developer.com

T-SQL

What do SQL joins and the "teach a man to fish" Chinese proverb have in common? SQL joins, like regular expressions, are one of those commonplace programming tasks in which true success is entirely dependent upon your ability to conceptualize the outcome. Fail to do so and you'll likely wind up spending a few hours in a frustrating round of trial and error. Like regular expressions, the proliferation of online examples has actually contributed to the frustration, providing the equivalent of a day's worth of fish rather than the proverbial fishing pool.

Raw Materials - Females Explained

by Larry Gonick

SQLServerCentral.com

Comic Strip

Language can mean more than we intended, or less.

Setting up linked servers with an out-of-process OLEDB provider

by Gianluca Sartori

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Linked Servers

There is an inprocess setting for linked servers. Have you ever used it? Gianluca Sartori gives a look at what the implications are for this.

Support for 15,000 Partitions in SQL Server 2008 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

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SQL Server 2008

In SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, the number of partitions on tables and indexes is limited to 1,000. This paper discusses how SQL Server 2008 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 address this limitation by providing an option to increase the limit to 15,000 partitions. It describes how support for 15,000 partitions can be enabled and disabled on a database. It also talks about performance characteristics, certain limitations associated with this support, known issues, and their workarounds. This support is targeted to enterprise customers and ISVs with large-scale decision support or data warehouse requirements.

REAL PRACTICES: Performance Scaling Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services at Microsoft adCenter

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SQLCAT

Best and Worst Practices

This white paper explains how Microsoft® adCenter implemented a Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 Analysis Services Scalable Shared Database on EMC® Symmetrix VMAX™ storage. Leveraging TimeFinder® clones and Enterprise Flash Drives with the read-only feature of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services allowed adCenter to dramatically scale out OLAP while maintaining SLAs and decreasing system outages.

SQL Saturday - #75 - Columbus

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Events

A free one day training event in Columbus, OH on Jun 11, 2011. Come join us and learn about SQL Server.

Creating a Reporting Services Histogram Chart for Statistical Distribution Analysis

Index Management

Part 1: The Database Administrator's Primary Responsibility

The Desire for Control

3 SQL Join Concepts to Help You Choose the Right Join

Raw Materials - Females Explained

Setting up linked servers with an out-of-process OLEDB provider

Support for 15,000 Partitions in SQL Server 2008 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

REAL PRACTICES: Performance Scaling Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services at Microsoft adCenter

SQL Saturday - #75 - Columbus

Blogs

Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues

PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop

Breaking Rules in Rome

Forums

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Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit

Question of the Day

Distance Metric Algorithms