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Door-Quiz – SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group Meet-up
We had another Door-Quiz at SS SLUG yesterday and as usual, the question asked was tricky. However, many had circled the correct answer and one lucky person grabbed the goodie-pack. Here is the...
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Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms – 2014 February
Gartner has published its Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics platforms covering 17 capabilities grouping them into 3 categories. Business intelligence and Analytics as a software...
View ArticleData Warehouse does not need a large number of non-clustered indexes?
It is a fact that non-clustered indexes improve the performance of data retrieval and we tend to add them mostly based on predicates used. As Data warehouses mainly design for data retrieval, many...
View ArticleSQL Server exams update: SQL Server 2012 and 2014
Are you planning to do Microsoft SQL Server certifications in next few weeks? If so, here is an announcement on exams updates. All MCSE related SQL Server exams (464 to 467) will be updated on April...
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Easy way of adding your Microsoft Certification to LinkedIn Profile
If you are maintaining your profile with world largest professional network (Im sure that you are) and you have done a Microsoft Certification, there is an easy way of adding the certification to your...
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Free eBook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Want to know some major features added to SQL Server 2014? Here is an easy way. This book explains how SQL Server 2014 leverages in-memory technology for improving the performance of OLTP and data...
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Reasons for adding a surrogate key for dimension tables
As a best practice, we always add a new key, known as a surrogate key to dimension tables for identifying the records uniquely. However, generally, the unique business key becomes the primary key of...
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Sri Lanka crowned T20 champs - 2014
We did it again! Thanks Sanga, Mahela and the team, proud to be a Sri Lankan.
View ArticleCumulative Update packages for SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, and 2014
Cumulative update #12 is available for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2. Refer the following link for downloading it and understanding the fixes done.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2938478Cumulative update #9...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) / Business Intelligence Studio (BIDS) for 2014
Are you searching for SQL Server Data Tools or Business Intelligence Development Studio after installing SQL Server 2014? If so, you are reading the right post.SQL Server Data Tools or Business...
View ArticlePower BI – Power Query Update
Couple of new features have been added to Power Query and they are available with the latest version of Power Query: 2.11.3625.Here is the download link for Power Query:...
View ArticleMaximum amount of memory to SQL Server is 8TB, is it really consuming 8TB?
“As per MSDN, the maximum memory can be consumed by SQL Server is 8TB, Will SQL Server surely use 8TB if the box is configured with 8TB?”. This was a question raised by an enthusiast.“It will, but...
View ArticleWhat is LRU (Last Recent Used) algorithm?
The LRU, or Last Recent Used algorithm determines the data pages to be dropped from the cache when Data Cache section, which is the largest part of the Buffer Pool needs space.Data Cache section is...
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Connecting with SQL Server virtual machine on Azure using Management Studio
If you have a requirement for connecting with SQL Serer virtual machine configured on Windows Azure, there are few things to be done. The following link explains step-by-step for getting the necessary...
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What is the fastest/quickest way of getting the total number of records...
Are you trying to get the total number of records in one of your tables? If yes, what is the best, or what is the quickest way of getting the number?Generally we use COUNT aggregate function for...
View ArticleSQL Server Installation: Are Shared components getting upgraded with...
As you know, some of the components such as Management Studio (SSMS) and Configuration Manager are shared components of SQL Server instances and they are upgraded when an in-place upgrade is performed....
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Connecting with Windows Azure SQL Server database via Power Pivot
While trying to get some records from a database configured in a Windows Azure machine (NOT SQL AZURE), I noticed that the connection can be made using Power Query but Power Pivot. Power Query has an...
View ArticleWhat is “sysname” data type used for object names?
You might have noticed that the data type of object names such as database name is “sysname” which is not listed in data type list when creating a table via table designer. This data type can be...
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MDX: Getting name of the user connected
Are you looking for a way of adding the name of the account used for the session to the resultset? Here is the way of adding it;
View ArticleWhat are the advantages of a SQL Server database with multiple files located...
This is a common question I always get from my classes/workshops. Do we really get some benefits out of a database with multiple data files on one physical drive? Obviously, no performance benefits,...
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