It's nice to have little amenities in your development tools. They make for easier development and can save you a little time. Synonyms is one of those tools.

Populating Fact Tables

by Vincent Rainardi

SQLServerCentral.com

Design and Theory

Part 3 of Vincent Rainardi's data warehousing series looks at some of the situations and challenges of loading a fact table in a data warehouse.

Product Discussions, Questions, and Comments

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SQL Server Central

In response to a number of suggestions, we have setup new forums where you can ask and comment about the various third party products that you use with SQL Server.

Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2005: Schema

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SQL Server Performance

Security

Security has become more and more important in today's business environment. From the database point of view, DBAs and system administrators need an improved security model. SQL Server 2005 provides an improved security feature. It is claimed that SQL Server 2005 is secure by default. In SQL Server 2005, the security model is divided into three areas namely authentication, authorization, and encryption.

Processing event logs using DumpEvt and SQL Server

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SQL Server Performance

Miscellaneous

As a DBA, you can find very useful information in the Windows event logs. About important events, the health of your SQL Server and the operating system it runs on. Unfortunately, the logs also contain a lot of useless information. Some applications have a tendency to log hundreds of events every day, filling up the logs very quickly with info that you, as a DBA, do not need. But you still need to see that important message that informs you the server is going to crash if you don’t take action.

Using SQL Server to Implement the Publish-Subscribe Integration Patter

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developer.com

Service Broker (SSSB)

Utilizing design patterns with SQL Server 2005 Service Broker enables you to assess and select appropriate solutions for all of your SQL Server 2005 asynchronous messaging needs.

SQL Server Spotlight on Richard Waymire

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Interviews

Contiuing with our popular series of interviews with the SQL Server developer team, Steve Jones takes a few minutes with Richard Waymire, longtime team member.

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Part 3: The Chart Control

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Redgate

Development

In this article we will set the chart control on a report and populate it. We will also cover the different charting display options and I'll demonstrate some rather cool formatting techniques.