Contest!

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We've run contests from time to time over the past couple years and had a lot of fun doing it. This time we're trying something new, partnering with Red Gate. Lots of good prizes on this one!

Review of Lumigent Log Explorer v4

• by Christoffer Hedgate

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Chris (one of our regulars!) installed Log Explorer and took it for a test drive. Written up in our standard review format this will give you a very quick overview of what the product does.

An Introduction to Database Models

• by Frank Kalis

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Frank returns this week with a good non academic overview of the different types of database models and some of the features/problems that are native to each.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Performance Guide

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Analysis Services is slowly gaining in popularity and many of you might get drawn into setting up a server or developing a system based on this technology. Microsoft has released a performance guide to help you take performance into consideration from the beginning.

Optimize Your Applications

• by Dinesh Priyankara

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This article demonstrates that one way to optimize the data access portion of your app is to do the query once and cache the results. This is not advanced caching just something to get you started thinking about the possibilities.

SQL Server 2000 Best Practices Analyzer Beta

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Microsoft has released a new tool to analyzer your SQL Servers and see how they conform to their list of common best practices. Give it a try and let us know what you think.

Viewing the Hierarchy of Stored Procedures

• by Stevan Popovski

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• Miscellaneous

In this short article that follows up on an earlier one that discussed dependency issues we have some code that will generate simple treeview type view of the relationships between procs. Mostly code, more so than usual, but we thought you might find the idea useful!

Delphi Code Generator

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You point this application at a database and it generates a code unti that allows you to easily execute stored procedures and functions from Delphi. (Not Reviewed)

Uses For Derived Tables

• by Robert Marda

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• Performance Tuning

In this article by Robert Marda, he shows you how to use derived tables to solve some of SQL's problems.

A Grain of Salt

• by Steve Jones

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At a recent seminar, Steve Jones heard a quote that really struck home. Especially in the computer business. Read on about a look at a DBAs take on listening to what you hear and being a little cautious in how you interpret it.