A Review of NGSSQuirreL
Longtime SQL Server expert and author Michael Coles takes a look at one of the security products that every SQL Server DBA should consider. Read on to find out how NGSSQuirreL can help you.
Joining Tables Part 2
In this session, Kathi continues her popular series and shows some of the more advanced joining techniques in T-SQL. She shows T-SQL self, outer and cross joins and gives many examples on how to use them.
Top 10 SQL Server 2005 Performance Issues for Data Warehouse and Repor
Relational Data Warehouse or Reporting work loads are characterized by low volumes of very large transactions. These applications are often identified as having predominately read workloads (e.g. Decision Support, Analysis, and Reporting) with periodic feeds or batch loads. It is important to keep these characteristics in mind as we examine the significance of database design, resource utilization and system performance. The top performance bottlenecks or gotchas to avoid for Data Warehouse or Reporting applications are outlined below.
SQL Maestro Offers SQLServerCentral.com Members a Discount
SQL Maestro, maker of tools for a variety of database platforms, is offering a 20% discount on their tools to the SQLServerCentral.com
community.
Analysis Services Performance Tuning Whitepape
A whitepaper on getting the best performance from your system.
Robyn Page's SQL Server Cursor Workbench
The topic of cursors is the ultimate "hot potato" in the world of SQL Server. Everyone has a view on when they should and mainly should not be used. By example and testing Robyn Page proves that, when handled with care, cursors are not necessarily a "bad thing".
A Review of Typhon III
Maintaining SQL Server security is fast becoming a big part of a SQL Server DBA's job. Longtime security expert Brian Kelley takes a
look at a security scanner: Typhon III
Using Fuzzy Lookup Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services
This article shows how the Fuzzy Lookup Transformation in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) can be used to make matches.
Product Review: SQL Refactor
Danny Lesandrini reviews SQL Refactor, a SQL Server Add-In that works with the new SQL Server Management Studio.
SQL Server Spotlight on Bob Dorr
We continue with our look at the people behind SQL Server with a very interesting interview from one of the senior support
engineers, Bob Dorr.
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Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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