Orphaned Distribution Transactions
Learn about orphaned distribution transactions in SQL Server and how you can clear them.
2013-07-16
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Articles
Encrypting and Decrypting SQL Server Stored Procedures, Views and User-Defined Functions
Some companies put business or application logic in SQL Server using stored procedures, views and functions to return values to the calling applications or perform tasks. This is not unusual in companies that use the SQL Server layer to perform business tasks, such as finance operations, or incorporate application functionality into the programmability layer. Here's a tip to preserve secrecy on some procedures, views or functions in order to maintain security.
2013-07-16
3,864 reads
SQL Saturday #231 Cocoa Beach
Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking on July 27 in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
2013-07-16
2,065 reads
Parameter Sniffing and Sniffing Memory
This article aims to demonstrate bad parameter sniffing and its effects on memory grants.
2013-07-15
7,203 reads
Using DAX to retrieve tabular data
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), originally the formula language for PowerPivot workbooks, can also be used within the MDX query window of SSMS to directly access data from a tabular SSAS database, an in-memory database that uses the xVelocity analytics engine and compression. Robert Sheldon shows how easy it is to retrieve data from a tabular database.
2013-07-15
3,237 reads
Sending E-Mail from SQL 2008 Express
This article provides a comprehensive solution to sending email from SQL Express 2008 and Express 2008 R2.
2013-07-12 (first published: 2010-11-04)
17,881 reads
Security for SQL Server User Defined Data Types
I have a group of developers that I support and they are reporting they cannot see columns within their tables. I have granted them db_datareader permissions which is a standard at my company for QA environments. Why can't they see their column definitions? Check out this tip to learn more.
2013-07-12
3,682 reads
Dynamically Truncate a Partitioned Table
Wouldn't be great if you could truncate any partition of a partitioned table with one T-SQL statement? This article shows you how.
2013-07-11
6,660 reads
SQL Server: How Important Are Index Statistics
In this article Greg Larsen will show you how to identify when your index statistics were updated last, what method was used to gather statistics, and how to update your statistics.
2013-07-11
3,074 reads
An Automated Process to Archive Big Tables
Many databases have large tables with hundreds of millions of rows. However, many of these tables are simply keeping a log or history data that can be archived and kept outside the user database in a special archive database.
2013-07-10
38,609 reads
Blogs
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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