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How to Track Down Deadlocks Using SQL Server 2005 Profiler

by Brad McGehee | 20 June 2008 |

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It is irritating, sometimes alarming, for the user to be confronted by the 'deadlock message' when a deadlock happens. It can be a tiresome business to prevent them from occurring in applications. Fortunately, the profiler can be used to help DBAs identify how... Read more...

Service Broker Advanced Basics Workbench

by Adam Machanic | 15 October 2007 |

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SQL Service Broker, an asynchronous queuing and messaging system for SQL Server 2005, is set to change the way we design and run distributed applications. Adam Machanic once more makes it all seem so easy in Part 2 of his epic series... Read more...

Service Broker Foundations Workbench

by Adam Machanic | 14 August 2007 |

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SQL Service Broker, an asynchronous queuing and messaging system for SQL Server 2005, is set to change the way we design and run distributed applications. Adam Machanic makes it all seem so easy... Read more...

Reporting Services Cribsheet

by Robyn Page and Phil Factor | 07 August 2007 |

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If you tend to just nod gravely and stay silent when SQL Server Reporting Services is mentioned, here is your opportunity to get up to speed with one of the more important technologies associated with ?SQL Server Read more...

Short Articles

by Regular Columnists | 27 April 2007 |

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A collection of shorter articles by some of our regular Simple-Talk columnists, this week featuring Simon Sabin, Greg Larsen on CLR vs. T-SQL and Eric Brown on Dynamic management Views. Read more...

Choosing between CLR and T-SQL stored procedures: a simple benchmark

by Greg Larsen | 24 April 2007 |

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In this short article, Greg Larsen performance benchmarks alternative CLR-based and T-SQL stored procedure solutions for retrieving operating system file information. He also assesses other factors to be considered when choosing the correct implementation for your... Read more...

SQL Server XML Cribsheet

by Robyn Page | 29 March 2007 |

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If you're like me and find XML a bit of an acronym minefield, Robyn Page's Cribsheet will help sort out your XSLT from your XDM. Read more...

Beginning SQL Server Reporting Services Part 4

by Steve Joubert | 12 February 2007 |

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The long-awaited final installment of Steve Joubert's popular 4-part "from the ground up" guide to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. Here, he dissects the Report Definition Language and provides a practical demonstration on the use of Report Builder, an ad-hoc... Read more...

Robyn Page's SQL Server Cursor Workbench

by Robyn Page | 24 January 2007 |

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The topic of cursors is the ultimate "hot potato" in the world of SQL Server. Everyone has a view on when they should and mainly should not be used. By example and testing Robyn Page proves that, when handled with care, cursors are not necessarily a "bad thing". Read more...

Building my First SQL Server 2005 CLR

by Greg Larsen | 06 December 2006 |

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Greg Larsen provides a step-by-step tour of the hurdles he had to jump in building and deploying his first serious CLR stored procedure. Read more...

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

by Steve Joubert | 24 October 2006 |

29 comments |

Part 3 of the series takes us through the chart control and some of Steve's favourite features that ship with SSRS. Read more...

Robyn Page's SQL Server Data Validation Workbench

by Robyn Page | 23 October 2006 |

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Robyn Page provides essential techniques for ensuring the validity of the data being entered into your SQL Server tables. Read more...

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Part 2

by Steve Joubert | 20 September 2006 |

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Continuing his in-depth tour of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, Steve Joubert demonstrates the most common features and functions used to develop effective and dynamic reports. Read more...

Robyn Page's SQL Server String Manipulation Workbench

by Robyn Page | 19 September 2006 |

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String searching and manipulation in SQL Server can be error-prone and tedious...unless you're armed with the techniques described in Robyn's string manipulation workbench... Read more...

Pop Rivett's SQL Server FAQ

by Pop Rivett | 18 September 2006 |

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Pop Rivett dispenses pearls of SQL Server wisdom, this time tackling the setting of variables from dynamic SQL. Bah, humbug. Read more...

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Part 1

by Steve Joubert | 24 August 2006 |

168 comments |

Steve Joubert begins an in-depth tour of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with a step-by-step guide to building and deploying basic reports. Read more...

Robyn Page's SQL Server DATE/TIME Workbench

by Robyn Page | 16 August 2006 |

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Date calculation and formatting in SQL Server can be surprisingly tricky. Robyn Page's "hands-on" workbench will lead you through the minefield. Read more...

SQL Server Full Text Search Language Features, Part 2

by Hilary Cotter | 04 July 2006 |

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Extensive coverage of the query-time behaviour of SQL Server Full-text search, demonstrating how searches are expanded by the parser before hitting the full-text index. Read more...

SQL Server Full Text Search Language Features

by Hilary Cotter | 21 April 2006 |

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SQL Full-text Search (SQL FTS) is an optional component of SQL Server 7 and later, which allows fast and efficient querying when you have large amounts of unstructured data. Read more...