PASS Summit Impressions
There have been quite a few impressions of the PASS conference from our blogs, but here's another from Haidong "Alex" Ji, oneo f our longtime authors and a guest of SQLServerCentral.com at the Summit.
Execution Plans
How many of you use Execution Plans to tune your queries? Do you understand the impact of different indexes? Mr. Vijayakumar looks at his experiments with different types of indexes and their effects on the execution plan use. A great article for those of you that want to learn more about how you can tune your server for better performance.
Hacker's-eye view of SQL Server
If a hacker sets sights on your SQL Server, there are four primary methods he can use to take control and carry out unauthorized, malicious activity. I will look at each of these: Password compromise, Account compromise, SQL injection, Buffer overflows
A Report from the PASS Community Summit 2005
It just ended, but Chris Hedgate filed a report from the airplane as he sped home at 30,000ft across the Atlantic.
The 2005 SQLServerCentral.com Reception at the Summit
Steve Jones takes a moment to talk about the SQLServerCentral.com reception at the Summit last week. And a few pictures as well. Whether you were there or not, see what you missed and what you can look forward to next year.
Double Metaphone Phonetic Matching
That certainly is a mouthful, but it boils down to author Michael Coles implementation of a sound matching search for SQL Server 2005. Another mouthful, but if you are interested in getting close matches because your clients cannot spell, you might want to read this one.
MSSQL Server Reporting Services: Mastering OLAP Reporting: Relationall
Throughout this and other of my series, we have examined parameterization and parameter picklist support. While my focus has often been support of picklists using datasets generated through MDX queries against the cube under consideration, I have often found myself in client engagement scenarios where differing reporting requirements, as well as various "exceptions," drive a need to extend picklist support beyond the capabilities of the basic MDX queries that we have examined.
Use SQL-DMO and Excel to Quickly Create Reports for Auditors
Auditing SQL Server, or any system, is not an easy task and with new regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley, it is becoming a full time job in some environments. Chad Miller brings us a way that he developed with Excel and some scripting to automate some of the security information for a large installation of SQL Servers.
Dimensional Modeling 101 - Time vs Date
When most DW designers begin developing a data warehouse, the Time dimension is the first dimension reviewed with the users. There are usually two or three different persectives on what the Time dimension should represent but, for the most part, it will be used for such calculations as Year-to-date Sales, Monthly Inventory Churn, etc. What most users are actually describing is a Date, or Calendar dimension.
Stored Procedure Naming Conventions
As your SQL Server applications grow, chances are that you have more and more objects, especially stored procedures that you need to keep track of. An organized environment is key to being able to prevent the duplication of code and effort. Joe Sack brings us a look at how he names stored procedures to easy identification.
Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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