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Kellyn PotVin
Follow /6.18.2013 at 2:51am / Oracle

KSCOPE 2013!

Tweet I will be presenting this next week at KSCOPE 2013.  I have a number of presentations, both technical and WIT, (Women in Technology) related.  My main presentation can be found listed with my speaker bio same day payday loans And the WIT panel...
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Melissa Coates
Follow /6.18.2013 at 1:31am / SQL Server

Creating a Bullet Graph in Reporting Services

This is Part 1 in a series on Creating Interesting Visualizations with Microsoft BI Tools . This part covers creating a Bullet Graph in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The following screen shots are from SQL Server 2012. The Bullet Graph Bullet...
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Vaclav Frolik
Follow /6.17.2013 at 10:01pm / Toad Data Modeler

Fact and Dimension tables in Toad Data Modeler

In physical model you can define Data Warehouse Type for your tables and graphically distinguish the Fact and Dimension tables. Example: By default, the Data Warehouse options are not available and must be activated in Settings . Standard Entity Properties...
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Adam Haines
Follow /6.17.2013 at 8:32pm / SQL Server

Scaling the Database: Why You Shouldn’t Cluster on GUIDs

My latest blog post on Go Daddy’s Insiders site is now live! In it, I discuss query performance and scalability issues with GUIDs. Read the article and let me know what you think. The post Scaling the Database: Why You Shouldn’t Cluster on GUIDs...
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Craig Mullins
Follow /6.17.2013 at 5:07pm / IBM DB2

DB2 Locking, Part 11: Data Sharing Global Lock Management

Data sharing adds an additional level of complexity to the DB2 locking strategies and techniques we have been discussing in this series. Because data sharing group members can access any object from any member in the group, a global locking mechanism...
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