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Lucene.NET vs SQL Server Full-text – Generating a million records and a full-text index

Andrew Siemer, Oct 28, 2009
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In this article we will take a look at how SQL Server performs with one million records in a table. We will create a quick data pumper program to fill up a table with a million dynamically created rows of data. From there we will take a look at querying the data without any special optimizations. Then we will create a Full-text index and see how that helps our searching capability.

Creating Pivot Table and Pivot Chart with data from SQL Server 2008

Jayaram Krishnaswamy, Oct 05, 2009
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This article shows how you may visualize data on your SQL Server 2008 with Pivot tables and Pivot Charts.

Introduction to SQL Azure

Pinal Dave, Aug 17, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave introduces the SQL Azure platform.

Business Intelligence - Aligning Business Metrics

Pinal Dave, Jul 27, 2009
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One of the key aspects of proper Business Intelligence deployment is the alignment of metrics from top to bottom across functional areas, which can go a long way in ensuring business success.

Future of Business Intelligence

Pinal Dave, Jun 28, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave discusses the future of Business Intelligence.

Policy-Based Management – Create, Evaluate and Fix Policies

Pinal Dave, Jun 26, 2009
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This article will cover the most spectacular feature of SQL 2008 - Policy-based management and how the configuration of SQL Server with policy-based management architecture can make a powerful difference.

SQL Server –Understanding Table Hints with examples

Pinal Dave, Jun 19, 2009
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A look at the different types of hints that are available in SQL Server and how they may be useful to you.

Importing MS Excel data to SQL Server 2008

Jayaram Krishnaswamy, Jun 17, 2009
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In this article you will see how to use the SQL Server Import and Export wizard to import an MS Excel file on your computer to a database on your SQL Server.

Authoring a SQL Server Report Using an Ad hoc query

Jayaram Krishnaswamy, Jun 11, 2009
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Jayaram Krishnaswamy writes about authoring a SQL Server Report using an ad-hoc query.

SQL SERVER - Difference Between Candidate Keys and Primary Key

Pinal Dave, May 25, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave illustrates the difference between a candidate key and a primary key in SQL Server.

Introduction to Business Intelligence - Important Terms & Definitions

Pinal Dave, May 22, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave overviews important terms and definitions related to Business Intelligence.

Creating a linked Postgres Server on SQL Server 2008

Jayaram Krishnaswamy, May 21, 2009
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This article explains how to set up a Postgres linked server on SQL Server 2008.

SQL SERVER JOINs

Pinal Dave, May 05, 2009
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In this article, Author Pinal Dave clarifies the basic concepts of SQL JOINs.

Mirrored Backup and Restore and Split File Backup

Pinal Dave, Apr 28, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave discusses backup and restore operations in SQL Server.

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Profiler

Pinal Dave, Apr 22, 2009
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Introduction to the SQL Server 2008 Profiler

Introduction to Cloud Computing

Pinal Dave, Apr 10, 2009
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Pinal Kumar Dave does an overview of Cloud Computing.

SQL Server 2008 Management Studio New Features

Pinal Dave, Mar 23, 2009
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Pinalkumar Dave describes the top 5 features of SQL Server Management Studio 2008.

More Concise T-SQL with SQL Server 2008

Scott Mitchell, Feb 02, 2009
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Monthly tip #3: Scott Mitchell reveals some SQL tips.

Roadmap of Microsoft Certifications - SQL Server Certifications

Pinal Dave, Nov 27, 2008
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Pinal Dave talks about Microsoft SQL Server Certifications.

Introduction to CLR Database Objects

Rupesh kumar Nayak, Sep 03, 2008
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An introduction to CLR Database Objects.

Review: SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005 – A Beginners Guide

Rich Dudley, May 02, 2008
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Review of the book “Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005”.

Introduction to SQL Server Encryption and Symmetric Key Encryption Tutorial

Pinal Dave, Feb 26, 2008
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Pinal Dave talks about encryption in SQL Server 2005.

Q&A with Database Administrators

Pinal Dave, Nov 30, 2007
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Pinal Dave shares his notes about Q&A with Database Administrators.

SQL Server Pre-Code Review Tips

Pinal Dave, Oct 11, 2007
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A list of tips for enforcing coding standards in SQL.

The SqlCacheDependency Class

Luke Stratman, Jun 04, 2007
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Luke Stratman shows how and why to use the SqlCacheDependency class.

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