Calculating Days of the Week and Accounting Months 5-4-4
Learn how to calculate days of the week based on the current date and how to calculate accounting months.
Change Data Capture with SSIS
In this presentation, Brian Knight shows you how to use canned SSIS components to detect data changes in a source table and only load new or conditionally update changed records. He shows you two methods: one using the OLE DB command and another using a set based operation and demostrates you the performance differences between the two.
Overview and Installing SQL Server 2005 SP2
In this presentation Brian shows you some of the new features in SQL Server 2005 SP2. Then, he demos briefly how to install SP2 and some of the small quirks around the installation.
Write PIVOT queries in SQL Server 2005
New to SQL Server 2005 is the PIVOT operator, which gives you the ability to rotate row level data into tabular data without the use of the CASE statement, as was necessary in previous versions of SQL Server.
Generating Surrogate-Keys for Type 1 and Type 2 dimensions using SSIS
We published a very interesting article about data warehousing in the SQL Server Standard awhile back. However the article was abridged and the author, a very respected data warehousing professional asked that we publish the entire thing here. So we bring you Harsh Bhaiya's very popular ETL treatise.
SQL Server 2005 Backups
If business today is data, then the entire enterprise is in the capable hands of you, the SQL Server DBA. Before you panic, check out Grant's detailed dissection of SQL 2005 backup and recovery regimes.
Pop Rivett's SQL Server FAQ No.5: Pop on the Audit Trail
Pop provides a cunning, trigger-based technique for auditing the activity on SQL Server tables
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services - Part 39 - Send Mail Task
Among the most common tasks that have not yet been discussed in this series is the Send Mail task, which will be the topic of this article.
A Lap Around SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
With a new name, new capabilities, and a new focus, the product formerly called SQL Server Mobile Edition expands its reach to small-footprint desktop applicationsand it's free!
Eliminating Tape
In response to an editorial on eliminating tape in favor of disk backups, new author Tim OPry brings us a look at his environment and the process by which they eliminated the need for tape in their backup scheme while maintaining a well thought out disaster plan.
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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