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.
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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.
Connecting to SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services could lie in the memory settings. Get possible problems and solutions to connect to Analysis Services server.
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.
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.
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a National Institute of Standards and Technology specification for the encryption of electronic data. It is expected to become the accepted means of encrypting digital information, including financial, telecommunications, and government data. This article presents an overview of AES and explains the algorithms it uses. Included is a complete C# implementation and examples of encrypting .NET data. After reading this article you will be able to encrypt data using AES, test AES-based software, and use AES encryption in your systems.
This installment of the series illustrates how to use PowerShell in conjunction with SMO to display SQL Server Objects.
PASS is the global users group for SQL Server DBAs, but there are a number of people who have never heard of it. Longtime author Andy Warren has a few suggestions for PASS and encourages you to submit your own.
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