(Prashant Shekhar) There are situations where you might have a large SQL Server database that you need to replicate. Since the database is very large we want to initialize the Subscriber from the SQL Server backup and not use a snapshot. How do we bundle all the steps together to achieve this witho
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Using a date or int column as the clustered index.
(Kenneth Fisher) The other day I was answering a question about clustered indexes and it lead indirectly to a twitter conversation on whether a date or int column was better as a clustered index.
Upcoming Business Intelligence Enhancements in SQL Server 2014
(Kevin Kline) Microsoft has been pouring R&D resources into building out its business intelligence (BI) feature set and the upcoming SQL Server 2014 (SQL2014) release will continue that trend.
SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan – Maintenance Cleanup Task not Deleting Files
(Pinal Dave) I am always notified by my blog readers whenever they see something unusual and I try to help them so that I can learn something new. Recently, one of my blog reader told that his drive is getting filled with the regular backups taken via SQL Server Maintenance Plans.
Reference Architecture: System x Solution for IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration on X6
(Shang-Min (Allen) Wei, Jon Lind, Jessica Rockwood, Rahul Agarwal, Doug Petteway and Ajay Dholakia) Enterprise data warehouses (EDWs) store data that is used primarily for business intelligence, analytics, and other reporting requirements. Today’s business analytics demands higher performance from d
Breaking Changes In Isolate-Scope Behavior In AngularJS 1.2
(Ben Nadel) With the release of AngularJS 1.2, there was a fairly large breaking change in the way that Isolate-scope directives interacted with child elements in the DOM (Document Object Model). And, while this may not matter to most people using AngularJS, I still run a lot of production code thro
ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side
(John Atten) When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api.
Yeoman generators for ASP.NET 5
(Sourabh Shirhatti) Building complex modern web applications used to be difficult because of the lack of tooling to maintain and develop client-side code. Recent Open Source projects have made it easier to manage complex client-side code.
New Data Integration Whitepaper Now Available
(DAVEMCG) The data engulfing enterprises today comes from many seemingly unrelated sources. Collecting, refining, and assimilating all this information, and being flexible enough to accept new data formats and resources, is critical to success in the 24/7 connected world.
Project Tracking Website using AngularJS and ASP.NET Web API
(Pravinkumar Dabade) A brief overview of why do we need AngularJS, what is AngularJS and an example of using AngularJS. This article is Part 1 of an interactive Project Tracking website using ASP.NET Web API and AngularJS.