SQL Server Magazine June 2002

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Analyzing Your Data
Put your data to work. In this issue, we show you how to build a Web-based analysis system, how to implement data mining by using SQL Server's built-in data mining algorithms, and much more!
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[Focus]

Building a Web-Based Analysis System

Follow the choices that one development team made to create a secure Web-based analysis system.

Data Mining on a Shoestring

Did you know that your database can tell you how to increase your revenue and build customer loyalty? With Analysis Services, mining your data for gold is easy.




[Features]

Stay in Control

Keep your complex software-development projects in check by building a version-control system that uses Enterprise Manager and Visual SourceSafe.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Counting Lines in a File

Learn how to calculate the number of lines in a bulk copy data file.

How to Influence Microsoft

Learn how to provide feeback to the SQL Server development team in a forum that it responds to: sqlwish@microsoft.com.

Pasting DDL in SQL Server 2000

Discover what the Paste command actually does in SQL Server 2000.

Tip: When Is Real Not Real?

Learn about the pitfalls of using the approximate data types float and real.




[Editorial]

The Data Is Job One

Solving problems, learning about new technology, or writing stored procedures to address user requests might be more fun, but ensuring database consistency and recoverability comes first.




[Reader to Reader]

Refresh Database Objects

A reader shares a tip for solving the problems that crop up when a view's objects change.




[SQL Seven]

SQL Server in the Fast Lane

Here are seven facts that reveal why SQL Server’s market share is increasing so quickly.




[Inside SQL Server]

Tune In to Data Modification

Knowing what happens under the data-modification covers can help you tune your indexes for your most frequent operations.




[Mastering Analysis]

Tracking Time

Track the time employees spend working on projects.




[Solutions by Design]

Simple Inventory Metamodel

The who, what, when, where, and how of inventory control can quickly get out of hand. Take charge by applying this metamodel for basic inventory management.




[T-SQL Black Belt]

The Shape of T-SQL

Next time someone tells you to think outside the box, try this rectangular technique.




[Answers from Microsoft]

Backing Up Transaction-Log Records

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team explains why you should set up your databases to retain transaction-log records.

Changes in Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team gives examples of the changes SQL Server users should be aware of when upgrading their systems from SQL Server 7.0 to 2000.

Inserting Data When the Column Name Is a Variable

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team provides code that shows how to get around the T-SQL INSERT command’s lack of support for a variable argument.

Log-File Growth and DBCC DBREINDEX

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team explains why a log-file backup is huge after large tables are reindexed.

Ownership Changes in SQL Server 7.0's Merge Replication

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team explains why ownership changes when you’re using SQL Server 7.0’s merge replication utility and why it doesn’t change in SQL Server 2000.

Returning a Trigger's Results to a Stored Procedure

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team provides statements that return a trigger’s single and multiple results.




[Exploring XML]

Creating a Web Service

Web services is the hot new topic for the Internet. Find out how to use them to access your SQL Server databases.




[Letters]

Letters, June 2002

Readers write in about using realistic data in testing, handling data-flow design, using Profiler to see how SQL Server tools work, and more.




[New Products]

New Products, June 2002

Check out these new and enhanced products.



 

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