Performance Tuning
Performance tuning is an art or science, depending on who you talk to. SQL Server guru Joe Sack has authored a book on SQL Server 2005 T-SQL and brings us the performance tuning chapter as a preview.
The Reporting Services 3-Trick Pony
Rodney Landrum demonstrates an ingenious way to monitor blocked SQL Server processes across all your servers, using nothing but SSRS.
Microsoft Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2005 SMO – Part 8
This installment illustrates how to use PowerShell in conjunction with SMO to display object properties of all SQL Server Objects.
Distributing SQL Server Databases
Longtime SQL Server author Raj Vasant brings us a technique for delivering databases along with an application. As more and more systems take advantage of SQL Server or Express, this is a technique that can come in very handy.
You're Gonna Dunk One Day
A look at some of the more interesting stories from a database perspective.
Maximizing Attribute Relationship Aggregations in Changing Dimensions
When designing your SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) dimensions and related attributes—appropriately called attribute relationships—you should consider how changes in your dimension data will affect the underlying dimension aggregations and, in turn, processing and query performance.
Problem connecting to SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services?
Connecting to SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services could lie in the memory settings. Get possible problems and solutions to connect to Analysis Services server.
A Matter of Degree
So we had an interesting debate on college degrees and how much weight to give them in an interview recently. Near the end someone mentioned they were curious what types of degrees people had as well as those the worked with. There were some interesting comments, and I decided that this might make a nice Friday poll.
Designing Cross Database Queries
As systems get bigger, servers consolidated, and SQL Server back ends more types of applications, the need for cross database queries for reports, updates, and more will continue to grow. Steve Jones looks at a few ways that you can design your linkages and talks about why he prefers one over the other.
Blogs
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Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
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Question of the Day
Increase Deadlock Detection
How can I alter the deadlock detection interval to 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds on my SQL Server 2025 instance?
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