For those of you who are using sql server 2005 the service pack can be downloaded from the microsoft site . Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is now available for download. SQL Server 2005 service packs are cumulative, and this service pack upgrades all service levels of SQL Server 2005 to SP4 . You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2005 editions: Enterprise Enterprise Evaluation Developer Standard Workgroup SQL Server 2005 SP4 includes SQL Server...
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I have seen this post by Brian K McDonald about Being Postive. This post has inspired me to write this post about all the good that happened to me in 2010 in the database and BI world. Here is a list that I put together. This is what I consider the top most as obviously I cannot list everything. The SSIS webinar that I attended by Patrick LeBlanc because of which I have registered onto BIDN on 23rd Feb 2010. I have started learning a lot reading the blogs and articles on BIDN of Brain Knight , A...
I got interested in the title of this webinar and hence thought that all of you might be interested in this webinar event as well. Below are the details Date / Time Date: 12/20/2010 Start Time: 12:00:00 PM End Time: 1:00:00 PM Timezone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Short Description Building dimensions using the Slowly changing dimension wizard in SSIS is simple and quick. However its performance and flexibility is questionable. Even further, when trying to perform incremental load...
Here is a link to the special free trial offer for SQL Azure For a limited time, new customers can sign up for SQL Azure and get a 1GB Web Edition Database for no charge…and no commitment. We ask for your credit card information when you accept this offer, as any additional usage per month will be billed at the standard rate. This is a great way to try SQL Azure – and the Windows Azure platform – without the risk.
I just now stumbled across this great video site which features Business Intelligence topics. This site is on Microsoft TechEd website I hope this site will help you enhance your knowledge on BI during the christmas holidays.
This morning I found the following link on the MSDN blogs that is quite useful. There are plenty of articles and links to community blog posts, as well as 12 videos about the new functionality in SSIS. Here is the list Enjoy Denali using this resource centre