Bootstrap
Steve Jones talks about starting your own business and some of the challenges and advantages.
Bootstrap
Steve Jones talks about starting your own business and some of the challenges and advantages.
Bootstrap
Steve Jones talks about starting your own business and some of the challenges and advantages.
GIS and SQL Server 2008: Making Maps with your Data
When Microsoft introduced GIS into SQL Server with SQL Server 2008, it opened up a whole range of new applications that were previously impossible to do with SQL Server. So what can you do with GIS Data? We asked an expert!
Using Powershell to Generate Table-Creation Scripts
For all of us who learn best by trying out examples, Bob Sheldon produces a PowerShell script file for SQL Server that can be used in either SQL Server 2005 or 2008, has error handling and prompts for user-input, is easily extended and, does something useful. He then explains how to run it and what each line does.
Dead LINQ - Database Weekly (Nov 3, 2008)
Steve Jones comments on a few pieces of interesting SQL Server news this week, including Service Pack 3.
How SSIS and Other Tools Obtain Metadata
How to author stored procedures that use temp tables, so they work with tools such as SSIS and Crystal Reports.
Configuring Certificate-based Authentication in SQL Server Express' Distributed Service Broker Environment
Implementing a dialog between two services residing in a distributed environment requires the presence of an authentication mechanism. Windows-based Kerberos protocol limits the scope of systems participating in a Service Broker dialog to those residing in the same or trusted Active Directory domains. This article provides an overview of how to eliminate this limitation by employing certificates.
More New SQL Server 2008 Features
Microsoft updates SQL Server on a pretty regular basis. Its newest version, SQL Server 2008, includes some new features not found in older versions. Here's a list of some of them
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Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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