The Cost of Support
Microsoft is not planning on releasing Service Pack 3, but what is the best model for supporting software? Steve Jones gives a few thoughts.
No XP, but Look Forward To 7
A look back at the news of the past week including Windows 7, SSD performance, April Fools, and consistency in SQL Server.
Windows 7 and More
A look back at the news of the past week including Windows 7, SSD performance, April Fools, and consistency in SQL Server.
Windows 7 and More
A look back at the news of the past week including Windows 7, SSD performance, April Fools, and consistency in SQL Server.
Gotcha! SQL Aggregate Functions and NULL
Working with NULL functions can be tricky in T-SQL and SQL Server 2000. If you add in aggregates, you need to be sure you understand what the behavior will be or you might report incorrect values to a user. Michael Coles has written a new article that talks about how NULL affects your results.
Automating SQL Server Profiler
This article details the steps to automate the generation of Sql profiler traces in a Testing environment. The facility is useful when an application is User Acceptance Testing phase where a bunch of test users logon to the Testing site and use the application.
CASE function in SQL Server – part II
Part I of this series illustrated how to use simple case functions in queries. This installment discusses how to use case functions in different types of scenarios.
Handling Data Integrity Issues in Analysis Services 2005
Learn about common data integrity issues, and see how Analysis Services 2005 gives you the tools to handle them.
Tame Your Software Dependencies for More Flexible Apps
Few would disagree that striving for a loosely coupled design is a bad thing. Unfortunately, the software we typically design is much more tightly coupled than we intend. How can you tell whether your design is tightly coupled?
Blogs
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
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