What is Business Intelligence Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of application programs and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data from various data sources, thus providing enterprise users with reliable and timely information and analysis for improved decision making. To put it simply, BI is an umbrella term that refers [...]
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SQL SERVER – Introduction to Business Intelligence – Important Terms & Definitions
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on October 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
SQLAuthority News – PASS 2009 Sessions on Query Optimization and Performance Tuning
Posted in Best Practices, Database, MVP, PASS, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL PASS, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority Author Visit, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on October 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
PASS Summit 2009 is now only 10 days away and I am very excited for the same. I can not wait to attend the summit as this is the most awaited conference of SQL Server in world. Everybody will be there and there will be something for everybody. My core expertise is in Query Optimization [...]
SQL SERVER – Change Collation of Database Column – T-SQL Script – Consolidating Collations – Extention Script
Posted in Readers Contribution, Readers Question, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Utility, T SQL, Technology, tagged SQL Collation on October 19, 2009 | 15 Comments »
This document is created by Brian Cidern, he has written this excellent extension to SQL Expert who SQL SERVER – Change Collation of Database Column – T-SQL Script. His scripts are not only extremely helpful to achieve the task of consolidating collations in quick script. His script not only works perfectly but excellent piece of [...]
SQLAuthority News – Whitepaper – Auditing in SQL Server 2008
Posted in SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Documentation, SQL Download, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL White Papers, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Auditing in SQL Server 2008 SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Il-Sung Lee, Art Rask Technical Reviewer: Jack Richins, Rick Byham, Sameer Tejani, Al Comeau, JC Cannon Published: February 2009 With SQL Server Audit, SQL Server 2008 introduces an important new feature that provides a true auditing solution for enterprise customers. While SQL Trace can be [...]
SQLAuthority News – Happy Diwali and New Year
Posted in About Me, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on October 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I wish all of you Happy Diwali and New Year. Dīwali is a significant festival an official holiday in India. While Divali is popularly known as the “festival of lights”, the most significant spiritual meaning is “the awareness of the inner light”. Database tip of the day : Test your backup strategy. Yesterday night I [...]
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Pinal Dave is a Microsoft Technology Evangelist (Database and BI). He has written over 2000 articles on the subject on his blog at http://blog.sqlauthority.com. Along with 8+ years of hands on experience he holds a Masters of Science degree and a number of certifications, including MCTS, MCDBA and MCAD (.NET). He is co-author of three SQL Server books - SQL Server Programming, SQL Wait Stats and SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for three continuous years for his contribution in community.
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