The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
Five Realtime DTS Examples
SQL Server 2005 includes an amazing ETL environment in Integration Services, but many DBAs will be using DTS and SQL Server
2000 for years to come. Jambu Krishnamurthy brings us a few handy examples of how you can customize your DTS environment.
Quickly Moving Databases
This article by Chris Kempster shows you how to quickly move a database by detaching or taking a database offline.
Deployments and Tests in an iSCSI SAN
This paper describes the deployment and testing results of SQL Server 2005 using the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator with an EqualLogic iSCSI SAN. It helps you understand best practices and the benefits of using an iSCSI SAN with SQL Server 2005.
XML data type in SQL Server 2005 vs. VARCHAR (MAX)
Learn performance impacts of the XML data type and VARCHAR (MAX) data type in SQL Server 2005. Here are storage, I/O and CPU results of XML in SQL Server.
A Review of PDF-eXPLODE
Reporting is a huge part of any DBA's job with constant changes and new requests for data that non-technical people can use. And more
and more often the format of choice is PDF, which ensures the end result looks the same on many different platforms. Kathi Kellenberger takes a look at a product that can allow end-users to generate PDFs from a database and easily send them to other people.
Init From Backup
Replication can be confusing to many new SQL Server DBAs and some of the optmizations are not well described in Books Online. SQL Server replication expert and trainer Andy Warren brings us a technique for initializing replication without a snapshot.
Building Custom Reporting Services Reports for SQL Server Management Studio
Learn how to build Custom Reports, without installing Reporting Services, using a new feature found in Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005.
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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