New Author! This is an introductory level look at MDX geared toward intermediate or higher SQL users. The rate of OLAP usage is lower than it should be - maybe this will be what gets you started using it. Or thinking about it at least!
Hopefully you never hear any of these from your sysadmin...
Ever wonder how SQL Server Central.com was built? Ever wonder why the three founders made the decisions they did? Here's a look at some of the choices that were made early on with the discussion forums.
Joseph discusses some common and not so common security threats including the possibility of a TSQL virus and bombs planted from within the organization.
This article on CNET has some info about how Yukon affects the MS strategy in other areas.
We haven't had a book review in a while and this one may not be of interest to all of you, but we decided to take a chance and post it anyway! As Andy notes in the review, odds are that you'll deal with one or both of these applications sooner or later, might be worth thinking about taking a look at what they can do. (Reviewed)
The second part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
The first part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
Get started with using WMI (Windows Mgmt Instrumentation) by seeing two good scripts to start with, one to reboot the server, another to list all the services.
Dinesh looks at the date functions, how to work with time zones (or not), and does a brief comparison to see how you do similar tasks in Oracle.
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
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