Where To Find Integration Services Packages in SQL Server
An article explaining where to find packages when saved to SQL Server.
What's an Outage?
I caught this quote from Microsoft Watch, and thought it was very interesting. It definitely addresses an issue I've wondered about for some time. It talks about the WGA server issues and had this great quote from the WGA Product Manager:
String Functions: The .Properties Function
Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson introduces the basic .Properties function, within the first of a two-part article surrounding this important member of our MDX toolsets.
Pro SQL Server 2005 Replication
Take a look at a sample chapter and see who won copies of this book from our Question of the Day Contest.
Recruiters
Do you like recruiters? Do you use them? It's almost impossible not to use them these days when looking for a job. So many of the listings on online job boards are from recruiters and many have deals to place people, so chances are you'll at least deal with on even if they don't get you a job.
SQL Server Spotlight on Rob Zare
With business intelligence and the Anaylsis Services platform becoming more and more popular, this has to be the hottest development team for SQL Server. Join us with a look at one of the leaders of Analysis Services development, Rob Zare.
Reduce Aggravating Aggregation: Improve the Performance of History or
Optimize the performance of a database which includes history or status tables.
SQL Server 2005 Express vs. Desktop Engine (MSDE)
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and the SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) are both free and redistributable. Each product provides a medium where database administrators can work between MS Access and the full version of SQL Server. But there are key differences to consider.
Why Data Models Do Not Work: The Role of Reference Data
There is an urgent need to acknowledge the limitations of data models and find a way to bridge the logical-physical divide between models and actual databases so that database designs can be fully understood.
Blogs
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On Speaking Well
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Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics
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One of the popular features of Redgate Monitor has been the ability to add...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers