In SQL Server 2005, a feature was introduced that was hardly noticed, but which might make a great difference to anyone doing queries involving temporal data. For anyone doing Data Warehousing, timetabling, or time-based pricing, this could speed up your queries considerably. Who better to introduce this than Query Optimizer expert, Fabiano Amorim?
Marcin Policht continues his discussion of implementing Reporting Services on SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. In this article, we will turn our attention to troubleshooting methods that can be employed to identify and resolve problems affecting reporting functionality and performance.
What type of previous experience makes a good DBA? Is it necessary to have other experience? Steve Jones asks the question in today's Friday poll.
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Join BI Architect Bill Pearson in this introduction to Partitions in Analysis Services 2008. Here we explore partitioning concepts and advantages, and look forward to hands-on practice with partitions in subsequent articles.
Lots of interesting news and announcements coming out of the SharePoint 2009 Conference that started today in Las Vegas. Microsoft’s...
If you do not have a third party monitoring tool in place, the only way is to constantly monitor SQL Server. To do this without being overly intrusive, we need to rely on the SQL Server DMVs.
What type of previous experience makes a good DBA? Is it necessary to have other experience? Steve Jones asks the question in today's Friday poll.
What type of previous experience makes a good DBA? Is it necessary to have other experience? Steve Jones asks the question in today's Friday poll.
What type of previous experience makes a good DBA? Is it necessary to have other experience? Steve Jones asks the question in today's Friday poll.
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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