Using XML to pass Multi-Select parameters from SSRS to SQL Server
How to use XML to pass Multi-Select parameters from Reporting Services to SQL Server.
Best Practices for Troubleshooting Slow Running Queries
In this article we will share some of the common reasons for slow-running queries and what your approach should be for identifying and fixing them.
Testing SQL Stored Procedures Using LINQ
The need to test a program that accesses and manipulates a back-end SQL Server® database is very common. In many such cases, the application interacts with the back-end data through the use of SQL stored procedures. In this type of scenario, you can think of the stored procedures as auxiliary methods of the system under test; and they must therefore be tested just like any other module in the system.
Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
Upgrading a Database SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
Performing an upgrade to the next version of SQL Server is something more and more of us will be doing as the support for SQL Server 2000 wanes. New author Sachin Samuel brings us an overview of the process and options that you have for performing an upgrade.
Constructing XML using 'FOR XML'
Over the past few years, software developers have used various kinds of technologies to retrieve data from relational databases. SQL Server 2000 is the first Microsoft DBMS to fully support XML. In this article the author concentrates on the FOR XML clause in SQL Server versions, 2000 and 2005. Click on title for more
Planes, Trains, and Cows?
New technologies often bring with them lots of new data. Steve Jones talks about some changes that we might see with new RFID technology being deployed in some industries.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
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The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
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Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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