SQL Saturday 52 Recap
I spent this past weekend traveling to and attending SQL Saturday Colorado in the outskirts of Denver. This was the...
2010-10-01
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Articles
SQL Saturday#52 – Colorado Recap
This past weekend was the first SQL Saturday in Colorado, and it went very well. I think everyone enjoyed it,...
2010-10-01
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The SQL Server Quiz
There's a SQL Server quiz taking place during the next 31 days, challenging you to answer questions from a number of SQL Server experts and MVPs.
2010-10-01
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Moving Indexes with Powershell and SMO
Using Powershell with SMO, learn to alter or move indexes easily in this new article from Zach Mattson.
2010-09-30
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2010-09-30
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SSIS Events and Handlers
Explore how SQL Server 2008 Integration Services' events are triggered during package execution and the ability to react to their outcome through event handlers.
2010-09-30
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Partition offset and allocation unit size of a disk for SQL Server
SQL Server performance is dependent on the server resources available and disk performance is probably the most important resource. To maximize disk performance for SQL Server, I've always been told that the drive's partition offset must be set to 32K and the allocation unit size set to 64K for partitions that hold data and 8K for partitions that hold logs. How do I find out the allocation unit size and partition offset for my drives?
2010-09-29
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Creating Custom Calendars in SQL Server Analysis Services
Businesses often have custom financial calendars - adapting these for use in SSAS can often be challenging - this article shows you how to do it.
2010-09-28
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Creating User-Defined Functions in Microsoft SQL Server
SQL Server's own list of functions is limited as far as what is available for database developers to use in their applications. Starting with SQL Server 2000, database developers were given the ability to create their own routines that accept parameters, perform custom actions and return results.
2010-09-28
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Migrating Your SQL Server Database Applications to SQL Azure
Most business applications you write probably utilize some kind of relational database. And, as a .NET developer, the chances are that database is Microsoft SQL Server. This article walks you through migrating your SQL Server database applications to the cloud with SQL Azure.
2010-09-27
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Blogs
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
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