Importing Excel Spreadsheets is something that we often do with SQL Server. However it's not as easy as you would like as we move to the 64 bit platform. Peter He brings us a method that will work on all platforms.
An interesting point was made by a reader about the price of SQL Server licenses when R2 is released. Steve Jones comments about a penalty that some of you may find if you look to build a SQL Server 2008 server later this year.
MAK shows us how easy it is to create a database level audit, test the audit and retrieve the audit records in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
In part 1 of this series, Shahfaisal Muhammed brings us one method of deploying your SSAS projects to a new server. The rest of the series will cover other methods.
A sample chapter from a new book on Analysis Services. Check it out and see if this is the book for you.
Most of us, by definition, are average. That's fine most of the time, but when you want a new job, standing apart from the average Joe is a good idea. Steve Jones talks about working on standing apart from the crowd.
A holiday in the US has Steve Jones on the slopes. A short reminder of patches released last week is the editorial today.
Steve Jones talked about the announcements of Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2005 and Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 in this editorial.
A partnership with Pragmatic Works brings you some basic SQL Server training through a series of webinars.
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
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This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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