Paging Data with T-SQL
Greg Larsen shares a number of different TSQL methods to provide paging functionality, for when your application requires that you display only one page of data at a time.
2013-05-22
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Articles
Power View for Cubes
This document evaluates the latest functionality provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2012 With Power View for Multidimensional Models[1], this SQL Server 2012 CTP release allows connections between Power View and Multidimensional Models ( cubes) and not just Tabular Models.
2013-05-21
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Centralizing SQL Server Express Job Scheduling
I'm interested in monitoring all my SQL Server backups, but for SQL Server Express we're currently using scheduled backups using Windows Task scheduler on each SQL Server Express since SQL Agent does not come installed on Express Editions. Is there an alternative where I can utilize my existing SQL Server infrastructure?
2013-05-21
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Connecting to AdventureWorks on Azure
A quick guide for connecting to our free copy of AdventureWorks on the Azure platform.
2013-05-20
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How Maintenance Plans are a Big Plus for SQL Server Administration
SQL Server 2012 makes your database maintenance jobs easy by proving an effective Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard does a fair job of creating core maintenance plans for your database.
2013-05-20
5,174 reads
SQLServerCentral Hosts AdventureWorks on Azure
SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software have agreed to host the AdventureWorks database on the Azure platform and give free access to anyone that wants to practice querying it.
2013-05-20
2,280 reads
Azure SQL Database Maintenance
It is increasingly likely that DBAs are now given responsibility for maintaining Azure SQL databases as well as conventional SQL Server databases. What is likely to be required by way of maintenence? What are the differences? Grant Fritchey covers what you need to know.
2013-05-20
2,964 reads
Powershell Database Backup Script
Learn how to write a script for regular database backups using Powershell and SMO.
2013-05-17 (first published: 2011-01-05)
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2013-05-17 (first published: 2010-09-22)
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Getting Started Formatting SSRS Reports
Once you've prepared an SSRS report, it needs formatting to get it ready for the people who need to read it. This tip covers the basics of formatting SSRS Reports.
2013-05-17
4,234 reads
Blogs
Fabric Mirroring doesn’t start copying Rows
A short blog post about an issue with Fabric Mirroring (with Azure SQL DB...
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
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Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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