The Reporting Services Cribsheet
If you are forced to nod wisely and keep silent when Reporting Services is mentioned, now is the time to turn ignorance into wisdom, with the help of yet another Simple Talk Cribsheet!
Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services
This white paper describes how to set up a load-balanced scalable querying environment for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services so that you can handle a large number of concurrent queries to your Analysis Services servers.
What Query Plans are in SQL Server's Memory?
SQL Server memory is primarily used to store data (buffer) and query plans (procedure cache). In this article I'll show how much memory is allocated to the procedure cache (RAM). I'll explain how to determine what plans are in the cache and how often they're used.
Table Partitioning
One of the techniques that you can use for increasing performance, especially in large SQL Server tables, is partitioning. Andy Warren brings us an overview of what this is and how you can use it in your SQL Server 2005 applications.
.NET 3.5 Language Enhancements
LINQ may be getting the most attention in the forthcoming .NET 3.5, but there are also several new language features that add functionality and make life easier for the programmer.
Data Security: Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You
This article discusses: How SQL injection attacks work, Testing for vulnerabilities, Validating user input, Using .NET features to prevent attacks, Importance of handling exceptions
How to Use GROUP BY in SQL Server
Summarizing data in a SELECT statement using a GROUP BY clause is a very common area of difficulty for beginning SQL programmers. In Part I of this two part series, we'll use a simple schema and a typical report request to cover the effect of JOINS on grouping and aggregate calculations, and how to use COUNT(Distinct) to overcome this.
XML Workshop IV - FOR XML EXPLICIT
Continuing on with his series and quest to educate us DBAs on the capabilities of SQL Server 2005 with regards to XML, Jacob Sebastian looks at the FOR XML EXPLICIT clause.
Analysis Services 2005 defines for peak performance
Analysis Services 2005 in SQL Server improves cube design and performance. Learn how attribute relationships advise Analysis Services how data should be rolled up.
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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