Andy started writing about worst practices a long time ago and returns this week with one that is short and sweet - why defining rows that exceed 8060 characters is a very bad idea and how you can avoid it.
This service pack contains bug fixed, plus enhancements including test email button, sorting, and drill down.
Needing to number rows with a sequential id is a pretty common request. Sometimes it's because the user hasn't made the transition to 'set based' thinking, sometimes it really is a valid request (more or less!). Greg provides several different techniques to help you achieve sequential numbering.
This article proposes a system where extra data is stored in a simple row based table and retrieved using the 'store key'. It's not a new concept of course, but the author explains how and why he chose to implement. Feedback should be interesting!
Kumar discusses the differences between scale up and scale out, then does a very good walk through of how to build a scale out solution.
This is one of the vendors we met at PASS 2003. Their new driver is supposed to be faster than the driver provided by Microsoft AND supports NT authentication. Link takes you to a comparision chart of features. (Not Reviewed)
Most of us know what it is, or do we? Chris works on a good definition and along with that, gets into a good look at the problems denormalization creates and talks about a pretty common form of it - the indexed view.
Andy wrote up some notes about the recent PASS Community Summit, plans for next year, people we met, and much more.
Views dont parameters, but sometimes you need them to act as if they do. Andy discusses views and how they encapsulate code and then offers an idea about how to alter the behavior of views on the fly. Controversial? Probably!
Chris Kempster brings us a basic look at the database design topic of denormalization.
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