2006-04-11
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Articles
2006-04-11
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Using ODS As A Middle Layer
Data warehousing is a foreign concept to many DBAs since it is not used very widely in SQL Server. However it can be a very useful tool for your business and new author Vincent Rainardi brings us the first in a series of warehousing articles, this one looking at an operational data store.
2006-04-11
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SQL Server 2005 Distilled
A new book from a former SQL Server team member looking at 2005. Read the sample chapter.
2006-04-10
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SQLServerCentral.com 5 Year Anniversary
It's been 5 years that this community has been live and Steve Jones takes a short look back at the community as well as announcing a few prizes.
2006-04-10
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Q&A with Miguel "Mono Man" De Icaza
Miguel De Icaza has been a major mover of Mono, the open-source framework for .NET since the get-go. These days he shepherds Mono along from within Novell Inc. At Novell's BrainShare conference, he discussed the latest doings with writer Paul Ferrill.
2006-04-07
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Triggers to Execute in Pre Defined Order
SQL Server allows multiple triggers on a table, but the order in which they are executed can sometimes cause problems. Author Dinesh Asanka brings us a technique for managing the order of execution for your triggers.
2006-04-06
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Getting Started with Master Pages and Themes
It seems that there is both excitement and confusion surrounding Master Pages and Themes. A big part of the problem is that they always seem to be mentioned in the same breath – like I just did. The reality is that they are two separate but equally important technologies. Each has its own function in ASP.NET but when you use these two technologies together, you get a site design that is amazingly versatile, easy-to-use, and easy-to-adapt. ASP.NET 2.0 provides a whole host of improvements to your web development experience but, in my opinion, these two technologies represent the single biggest reason to migrate your sites to this new platform. Let's take a look at each of these technologies in turn.
2006-04-06
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Implementing Data Security in a Report Model
The report models introduced in SQL Server 2005 feature a number of ways to customize the data visible to different users and groups: perspectives, model item security, security filters, and opaque expressions. This article describes when and how to use each of these features.
2006-04-05
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Script Database Objects with SMO
One of the big changes with SQL Server 2005 is the evolution of SQL-DMO to the new SMO managed code assemblies. Author Raj Vasant brings us quite a bit of code to show how this can be used to script your objects.
2006-04-04
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