Go Open
Is Open Source something you should examine with the economy diving down? Steve Jones talks about a few of the issues.
How to setup and use a SQL Server alias
I have an application that has a specified database connection that I either can't or don't want to change. However, I need to move the database to a new server. How can I do this easily without breaking other things that maybe using this connection and/or database?
SSAS Cache Warming Using SSIS
Having your users walk into a cold cache on a morning is something that will cause them to have slower running queries initially. Cache warming takes care of a lot of that by executing typical queries against the newly processed cube and thereby building the cache ready for your users
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
Trust But Verify
As data professionals we need to be sure that we can present back the data we receive. Perhaps other people should embrace this mantra in other lines of work.
BYOC
With people becoming smarter about technology, does it make sense for them to choose their own computer? Steve Jones thinks so.
Ethics in IT - Database Weekly (Nov 17, 2008)
Employers say they're looking for more ethics and morals in IT for 2009. Steve Jones hopes it's true.
Go Open
Is Open Source something you should examine with the economy diving down? Steve Jones talks about a few of the issues.
Go Open
Is Open Source something you should examine with the economy diving down? Steve Jones talks about a few of the issues.
Blogs
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EightKB 2026
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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