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.
A Technique for Determining the I/O Hog in your Database
Performance Tuning can be as much an art as a science when working with SQL Server, but there are many fine techniques that can help you get started. New author Michael Morin brings a great new technique helping you get started on determining where the heavy I/O users are in your database.
Getting Warmer - How to Implement Hot Failover in .NET 1.1 with SQL 20
What happens if you try to specify a Failover Partner in .NET 1.1?
Looping Through and Loading Files with SSIS
In this presentation, you'll learn how to use the ForEach Loop Container to loop through a folder and load each file in the directory. This presentation uses variables to dynamically configure the package so nothing is hard coded.
Building Automated Backups
Backups are the foundation of any well run database server, or even any computer system. Numerous articles have been written about SQL Server backups and new author Paulo Luis brings us a new twist on building automated backups using devices.
Career Paths for Programmers
The key to maintaining a good employment outlook in IT, it seems, is to move out of programming and up into more business-oriented IT positions such as systems analyst, business analyst, project manager, or systems architect. However, a computer programmer can't just decide to become a systems analyst or project manager overnight.
Clustering SQL Server 2005
With Windows 2003 now clustered, you're ready to begin to clustering SQL Server 2005. In this presentation, you'll see how to cluster SQL Server 2005 and some best practices in how to configure the SQL Server cluster after the fact.
SSIS At Christmas
Due to overwhelming demand, we've opened up another Integration Services class. Start Christmas vacation early in Orlando on Dec 18.
The Report Builder
Andy Warren brings us an introduction the the Report Builder in SQL Server 2005. It's the less often used tool for developing and customizing reports that you can give to end users and lower the number of requests your developers receive.
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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