Windows Utilities for the SQL Server DBA
This article is a short summary of Windows utilities both GUI and command line intended for new SQL Server DBAs or those interested in learning some useful techniques.
SQL Server 2005 Common Table Expressions
A CTE is a "temporary result set" that exists only within the scope of a single SQL statement. It allows access to functionality within that single SQL statement that was previously only available through use of functions, temp tables, cursors, and so on.
Controlling Jobs
Have you ever needed to build a job that could run within a certain period of time? Those long maintenance operations, like index rebuilds, need to fit within certain windows of time. New author Joe Doherty brings us a great technique for ensuring those jobs do not run over into your business day and impact normal operations.
Reporting Services 2005 101 with a Smart Client
Are you interested in a raise? Asif Sayed got one from a well written report. This time he brings us a beginners' looks at Reporting Services 2005 using a smart client for testing.
Improving Data Security by Using SQL Server 2005
Microsoft IT developed strategies to reduce the duplication of sensitive data and improve the security of personally identifiable information in the Microsoft IT LOB application space. These strategies are based on the new security features and functionalities that Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 includes.
Top 10 Enhancements in SQL 2005 Notification Services
In this article, we examine some of the best new features and characteristics available in the 2005 version.
Save and Retrieve Datasheet Layout with the Windows Registry
Danny Lesandrini shares a block of code that will allow users to modify (and save) datasheet layout when they are using a compiled MDE version of your Access applications.
Spotlight on SQL Server with Slava Oks
The next installment of our series on the developers behind SQL Server takes a few minutes with SQL Server Storage Engine export Slava Oks.
Mastering OLAP Reporting: Prototype KPIs in Reporting Services
Need a quick KPI prototype, using Reporting Services / Analysis Services 2000 or 2005? BI Architect Bill Pearson leads hands-on practice in presenting simple KPIs to management with Reporting Services.
Blogs
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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