This article demonstrates the flexibility of static SQL when using the CASE function in a WHERE clause, SELECT clause, ORDER BY clause, GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause, and JOIN. This is done with five examples and includes sample code you can execute on your SQL Server.
Steve Jones completed an online eLearning course with IMG University that provided an introduction to the OLAP / Analysis services available with SQL Server 2000. This article examines some of his impressions from this vendor.
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This week Andy continues his series on how to reduce the number of round trips to the server by looking at some things you can easily add to your applications without a lot of rearchitecting.
myLittleTools is proud to announce the release of myLittleAdmin for SQL Server. With version 1.5a, myLittleAdmin etablishes itself as the best web-based database administration tool for ASP developers.
I found this on the Internet, but I think it's really my own personal list.
Middle tier applications often use a single database management system (DBMS) to store data, which can expose scaling limitations as the number of user requests increases. Caching, a technique used to increase application performance by copying data and then using the copied data in place of the original data, can dramatically increase the throughput (the number of application requests serviceable per unit time) and scalability of middle tier applications.
Robert Marda continues his series on dynamic SQL and shows you how to rewrite some queries that you may think need dynamic SQL.
DBEzze is a freeware product that can look into a database and generate XML structural or data output. It can also generate INSERT statements from a table, view or stored procedure. This freeware product is available for download from SQLServerCentral.com members only.
As I work with a particular topic or problem, I often research on the Internet
different opinions, white papers, etc. Here is a list of resources that are located both
on SQL Server Central and other sites that I have found useful.
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