Microsoft Analysis Services Trounces the Competition
Microsoft has the #1 OLAP product according to a new survey from Survey.com
2001-10-25
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Articles
Service Pack 2 Beta Program for SQL Server 2000 Announced
Microsoft has announced that it is now accepting applications for beta testers for the latest service pack.
2001-10-22
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SQL Server 7: Some Useful Undocumented DBCC Commands
This article looks at some of the undocumented DBCC commands that exist in SQL Server 7.0
2001-10-22
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Microsoft Announces a New Security Program
Microsoft has announced a new security program to help system administrators secure their sites. Worth a read.
2001-10-19
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Understanding the Implications of ANSI SQL92 SET Options
Have you ever experienced a T-SQL query, a stored procedure, view or a trigger returning unexpected results. In this article by Raj Gill, he shows you how ANSI DEFAULTS may be to blame.
2001-10-18
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New Certification - MS System Administrator
Microsoft has announced a new certification for system administrators. This is below an MCSE, but includes an elective which may be SQL Server.
2001-10-18
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A Few Meta Data UDFs
Alexander Chigrik presents a few UDFs he has developed for getting meta data about your database objects.
2001-10-17
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Executing a script from SQL Server
Running a script automatically from SQL Server is easier than you think. Here are a few methods you can use.
2001-10-17
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2001-10-15
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2001-10-15
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Free webinar – Tackling the Gaps and Islands Problem with T-SQL Window Functions
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Temporary Table Problem
Hello everyone, I hope you can help me. I have a table with measurement...
A Few Good DBAs
You can't handle the truth!! (about data integrity) A few good database administrators https://www.helpmasterpro.com/blog/a-few-good-database-administrators/...
Python with SQL 2022 Enterprise doesn’t work
I have installed Machine Learning with SQL 2022 Enterprise Edition and installed and configured...
Question of the Day
Incremental Statistics
I have run this on SQL Server 2022 for the Sales database:
ALTER DATABASE Sales SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON (INCREMENTAL = ON)I then run this in the Sales database:
USE Sales GO CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON dbo.Customer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH INCREMENTAL = OFFThe dbo.Customer table is partitioned. How are statistics created? See possible answers