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Working with Time Frames in T-SQL
There is often a need to work with time data representing various events and then reporting on them in SQL Server applications. However T-SQL doesn't necessarily make this easy. However new author Joe Lynds brings us an article on some advanced T-SQL to do just that.
Avoiding Microsoft SQL Server 2005 deployment pitfalls
This tutorial shows you how to properly install Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, avoiding the pitfalls of an unsuccessful deployment.
What’s new in SQL 2008 Part 1
SQL Server 20008 will be released approximately February of 2008, along with a new version of Visual Studio and Windows. This article will highlight some of the new features and benefits found in SQL Server 2008.
Building a Partitioned Table
One of the nice new features in SQL Server 2005 is the ability to partition a table based on some sort of range in the data. New author Irfan Baig brings us a short article that explains exactly how you can get started using this new feature.
Introduction to Parameterization in SQL Server
In a previous article I showed how to look at what query plans are in SQL Server's memory. In this article I'll look at how they got there and how and when they get reused. This is commonly called compiling a query plan. More specifically I'll look at how and when SQL Server can parameterize dynamic SQL
Service-Component Architectures
Service-Component Architectures (SCA) provide a programming model for implementing Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
Multi-Select Parameters for Reporting Services
Reporting Services is a very handy way to get your SQL Server 2005 data out to end users quickly. It is included with your license and provides a great development environment for reports. New author Adriaan Davel brings us a quick technique for ensuring that multi-select parameters are handled correctly.
The Reporting Services Cribsheet
If you are forced to nod wisely and keep silent when Reporting Services is mentioned, now is the time to turn ignorance into wisdom, with the help of yet another Simple Talk Cribsheet!
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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