How to find unused Stored Procedures in SQL Server 2005/2008
Use dynamic PivotTables to identify unused Stored Procedures in a SQL Server 2005/2008 database
Adding Actions to a Cube in SQL Server Analysis Services 2008
Actions are powerful way of extending the value of SSAS cubes for the end user. They can click on a cube or portion of a cube to start an application with the selected item as a parameter, or to retrieve information about the selected item. Actions haven't been well-documented until now; Robert Sheldon once more makes everything clear.
Continuing Education
In IT we don't mandate that people continue their education in their field. But is there something else we can do? Steve Jones talks about other professions and the need for us to continue to learn about technology.
HASHBYTES can help quickly load a Data Warehouse
Data warehouse loads can be time consuming - this method can be used in some instances to help speed things up.
Intro to Entity Framework with SQL Server
I'm a DBA and the developers in my organization are starting to use something called the Entity Framework (EF) in their applications. The developers are telling me that with EF you don't use stored procedures, you simply write .NET code to perform all of your data access. When I use the SQL Server Profiler to take a look at what they're doing, all I see is a bunch of dynamic SQL being executed. Naturally I'm a little skeptical of this, so can you help me to understand what is this Entity Framework?
SQL Saturday #39 - New York City
Come to this great one day training event in New York, New York. SQL Saturday comes to the Big Apple and is a great way to get free training on all aspects of SQL Server.
Can We Skip the Marketing?
Steve Jones has a message for the speakers and presenters from Microsoft today.
Hello SSIS World, From XML!
This article brings us an SSIS package that reads an XML file and sequentially displays each XML record in a MessageBox before inserting it into a staging table. You can use this to get XML data into your SQL Server database for further processing.
Proactive Database Index Creation
Indexes help your application find your data quickly and provide users with a well performing application, while minimizing server resources. This article discusses indexing guidelines related to join tables and covering indexes.
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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