T-SQL, SQL Administration and SQL Server BI Articles Link List – May 2011

Here’s a quick wrap up of the articles published on SQLServerCurry.com in the month of May 2011

SQL Server Administration Articles

FileStream in SQL Server 2008 - In this article, we will see how to work with FileStream in SQL Server 2008 for storing unstructured data like documents and images on file system

SQL Server Monitoring Management Pack - Microsoft has released the SQL Server Management Pack for for Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and R2. This pack is used to discover SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2 and monitors SQL Server components such as database engine instances, databases, SQL Server agents, jobs and other roles such as Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Integrations Services

Compressed Tables and Indexes in SQL Server 2008 - In this article, we will see how to use the new feature of compressing Tables and Indexes in SQL Server 2008 with some examples

SQL Server Migration Assistant v5.0 - Microsoft recently announced the release of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v5.0, a tool to further simplify the user experience in automating the migration of Oracle, Sybase, MySQL and Microsoft Access databases to SQL server or SQL Azure

Troubleshoot Deadlocks using SQL Server Profiler 2005/2008 - In this article, we will see how to capture deadlocks while modifying data using SQL Server Profiler in SQL Server 2005/2008

SQL Server: Calculate tempdb Space using DMV - I am a huge fan of Dynamic Management Views (DMV) as they provide me the ability to look into the internals of SQL Server. I have been writing regularly about the same. Here are some of the articles

DDL Triggers in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 - In this post, we will see how to implement DDL triggers in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. 

T-SQL Articles

FileStream in SQL Server 2008 - In this article, we will see how to work with FileStream in SQL Server 2008 for storing unstructured data like documents and images on file system

how to use FLWOR Expression designed for querying XML data in SQL Server 2005 and 2008.

SQL Queries – beyond TRUE and FALSE - Most of the SQL novices are more accustomed to thinking in terms of two-valued logic (TRUE, FALSE) in SQL. But SQL uses three-valued logic – TRUE, FALSE and UNKNOWN. It means that the value of an expression may be TRUE, FALSE or UNKNOWN. Confused?

SQL CLR Stored Procedure using Visual Studio 2010 - In this post, we will see how to use SQL CLR functionality for defining Stored Procedure using C# in VS 2010. We will also see how to enable CLR under SQL Server

Troubleshoot Deadlocks using SQL Server Profiler 2005/2008 - In this article, we will see how to capture deadlocks while modifying data using SQL Server Profiler in SQL Server 2005/2008

SQL Server–Error Handling using Try Catch Block - In this post, we will see how to handle errors in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has introduced a new construct to handle errors in SQL Server that is ‘TRY – CATCH’. It is similar to .NET ‘Try – Catch’ block for handling the exceptions

SQL Server CLR User Defined Function using Visual Studio 2010 - In this post, we will see how to create a User Defined Function using Visual Studio 2010

SQL BI Articles

SSRS 2008: Cascading Parameterized Report - In this article, we will see how to create a SSRS 2008 report with cascading parameters. We will create cascading parameters and add those to our report. For this demonstration, we will use SQL Server 2008 database ‘AdventureWorks’ for designing the report as well as parameters.


About The Author

Suprotim Agarwal, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSE, is the founder of DotNetCurry, DNC Magazine for Developers, SQLServerCurry and DevCurry. He has also authored a couple of books 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls and a new one recently at The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

Suprotim has received the prestigous Microsoft MVP award for nine times in a row now. In a professional capacity, he is the CEO of A2Z Knowledge Visuals Pvt Ltd, a digital group that represents premium web sites and digital publications comprising of Professional web, windows, mobile and cloud developers, technical managers, and architects.

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