The Basics of SSRS - Level 2 in the Stairway to Reporting Services
In this part of our series on Reporting Services (SSRS), Jessica Moss examines the basics of the Report Builder and BIDS.
Updating Rows in Incremental Loads – Level 4 of the Stairway to Integration Services
Part four of this stairway series examines the process of updating the data in an existing table in a load. MVP Andy Leonard talks about the way in which packages can handle changes in a repeatable fashion.
Using SQL Server Dynamic Online Catalog to Explore Keys and Relationships: Stairway to Exploring Database Metadata Level 4
This level introduces keys, constraints, and relationships.
Using SQL Server Dynamic Online Catalog to Solve Problems: Stairway to Exploring Database Metadata Level 2
In this second level of the Stairway, Phil looks at where we go to find information about objects, using triggers as the example.
What is SSIS? Level 1 of the Stairway to Integration Services
Learn about the very basics of what Integration Services is and how it's used in SQL Server.
What is StreamInsight and why does it matter?
An introduction to SQL Server StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing with a focus on Business Intelligence.
Creating CRUD Stored Procedures in SQL
Back to the basics: learn how to Create, Read, Update and Delete operations are pivotal for any database application. Plus, you’ll see how to use Stored Procedures to manipulate data on the database side instead of on the application side.
Query Tuning Assistant: A Tool for Upgrades
If you have been working with SQL Server long enough, you have probably been involved with a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 upgrade. It was painful for many shops due to the deprecation of some features like DTS and the removal of old-fashioned comma joins with the plus operator. It was worth the pain as […]
What's Worse than Announcing a Data Breach?
Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
Introduction to SQL for Cosmos DB
This article by Adam Aspin reviews the Azure Cosmos DB SQL API from the perspective of the relational database developer. More specifically it will show you how to leverage your Structured Query Language skills to exploit the core possibilities of Cosmos DB as a NoSQL document database.
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Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
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Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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