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Of course, the one not to miss is the one I’m doing, on Fixing Queries with Advanced T-SQL Techniques , but actually, they’re all excellent. For example, Simon’s just blogged that Buck Woody’s seminar topic has changed . Instead of being on career development,...( Read More...
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Author: Thomas Kejser Reviewers: Peter Adshead, Nicholas Dritsas, Sanjay Nayyar, John Desch, Kevin Cox, Akshai Mirchandani, Anne Zorner In this blog we will describe an important optimization that you should apply to cubes that are processed often and Read More...
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I received an email from someone who’s trying to decide whether or not to register for my precon at SQLBits 7 next month. He’s already coming to the event (which should be a given for anyone who can make it), but he was trying to work out a few things...( Read More...
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The other day I wrote a blog post about my initial trials with SQL Storage Compress 5.0 . For the most part my experience with the product was fantastic, however there were a few areas where I felt bit uneasy. Recoverability Since I am a troublemaker...( Read More...
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Recently, Red Gate Software released a new version of their product called SQL Storage Compress 5.0 . This is an alternative to using the native Data Compression and Backup Compression features introduced in SQL Server 2008. In order to utilize Data Compression,...( Read More...
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One of WARDY IT Solutions recent SQL Server 2008 R2 self-service Business Intelligence solutions has been featured in iTWire. The article can be found here . Read More...
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Maybe I'm a little late to the party, but I thought I would share with you the most recent release of Microsoft's Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server 2008 R2 (you can also read the original blog announcement from CSS ). Let me be clear: this tool is...( Read More...
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I've been back at work on StreamInsight lately, and looking at using the Windows service-based host rather than run a self-contained .exe. Since I'd also been using the console for output, I was looking for a way to run the service as a console Read More...
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Did know that according to Twitter Trends there were 78 Tweets with the #auteched hashtag at 12pm on the 23 rd of August? For Microsoft TechEd Australia the team at WARDY IT Solutions have delivered a showcase application that illustrates how the power Read More...
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In a lot of my projects, the issue of naming/coding conventions comes up. I am a big fan of CamelCase/plural for tables and views (e.g. dbo.CustomerAddresses, dbo.OrderDetails), CamelCase for column names (e.g. FirstName, HomePhone); and for stored procedures,...( Read More...
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First, I want to thank all of the applicants for volunteering to participate in this process. The process this year has been more public than ever before. It gets better with each iteration. It has been refined each year and participation in the voting...( Read More...
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The August WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server newsletter has been sent to everyone on the distribution list. Not on the list and want to see what is happening in the world of Microsoft SQL Server – the August newsletter is available here . To subscribe so Read More...
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TechEd 2010 Australia is approaching at a rapid pace and this year I have a speaking position. I will be talking on the topic of "PowerPivot: How, Why & When" doing some contrasting between PowerPivot and SSAS. And giving my opinions on where PowerPivot Read More...
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Ola's Index Maintenance scripts On August 3rd, Ola Hallengren ( blog ) released a substantial update to his Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization scripts - allowing you to more finely tune the object selection process. Over this past weekend...( Read More...
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Wanted to let the community know the SQL Server Product Group just released version 4.2 of the SQL Server Migration Assistant! With this version, Microsoft has announced the release of the first version of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL! Read More...
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