Data Mining Introduction Part 5: the Neural Network Algorithm
This is the 5th article about Data Mining with SQL Server. This chapter is about Neural Networks.
Data Mining Introduction Part 5: the Neural Network Algorithm
This is the 5th article about Data Mining with SQL Server. This chapter is about Neural Networks.
Understanding HA
Dealing with disaster situations or trying to maintain an HA environment can be stressful. However knowledge about your goals and the capabilities of each technology, along with practice, can make things much easier.
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.
How do you solve T-SQL problems?
It's good to have a methodology for solving problems, and T-SQL is no exception to this. Steve Jones notes that all too often we look at solving a problem, but only doing half the job.
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.
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?
Connecting to AdventureWorks on Azure
A quick guide for connecting to our free copy of AdventureWorks on the Azure platform.
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.
Morphing Microsoft
Is Microsoft trying to move away from just being a software vendor? It seems they'd like to and that's a goal, but are they moving in the right direction? Steve Jones has a few ideas to help them.
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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