SQL Server Magazine July 2006

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Cut to the Cache: Shortcut to ASP.NET 2.0 Performance
William Sheldon explains how ASP.NET 2.0 capabilities such as new callback functions and enhanced caching options will help boost your Web site's performance at the client, Web server, and database tiers.
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[Focus]

ASP.NET 2.0: Cache In on Performance Shortcuts

Take advantage of callback functions and enhanced caching options to boost your Web application’s performance at the client, Web server, and database tiers.




[Features]

Delivering Analysis Services Data with Reporting Services

Learn how to use Reporting Services to give business users access to complex Analysis Services data--in a user-friendly format.

Life Cycle Tools for the Data Dude

Get the inside story on Microsoft's new database development tool, Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (VSDB Pro), which its creators hope will bridge the gap between database and application developers.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Check Out the New SQL Server 2005 Report Packs

Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2005 Report Packs, which provides 65 reports that are designed to help you author and generate reports for your environment in a timely manner.

Duration and CPU Values

An anomaly in SQL Server 2005 Profiler's GUI can be confusing. Here's the scoop on how SQL Server 2005 displays duration and CPU values.

SQL Server Profiler: 2005 vs. 2000

There's been a change; SQL Server Profiler running under SQL Server 2005 now captures duration values at a higher level of granularity.

When Upgrading, Check Compatibility Level

When you upgrade to SQL Server 2005, remember to check to make sure the compatibility level has changed to a value of 90 during the upgrade process.




[Editorial]

A Tale of Two Architectures

Both the AMD Opteron and the Intel EM64T processors are x64 compatible and capable of running 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x64 applications at full speed. However, you'll find significant differences between the processors and the system architectures they use.




[Inside SQL Server]

Diving In to Object-Storage Metadata

Learn about new views in SQL Server 2005 that replace SQL Server 2000's sysindexes system table and give you access to storage-related metadata for database objects.




[Solutions by Design]

Relational Luddites

Learn how a database consultant was able to help a DBA understand some of the inherent weaknesses of using a flat-file database, and move toward normalizing the data in a relational database.




[T-SQL Black Belt]

Custom Aggregations: Specialized Solutions

In this final part of a four-part series about custom aggregations, we look at a class of solutions that relies on specialized solutions.




[New Products]

New Products, July 2006

Check out new and improved SQL Server–related products.




[SELECT TOP(X)]

Query Editor Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts save you time and effort when you use Query Editor in SQL Server 2005. Check out these top 10 we've collected for easy reference—and create a few of your own, too.




[Ask Microsoft]

Using msdb Backup Tables

Microsoft’s Gert Drapers explains techniques for getting valuable information from SQL Server’s msdb backup tables.




[Vendor Briefs]

Vendor Briefs, July 2006

Our editors share insights from their conversations with Insightix, MRC, Diskeeper, and Oracle.




[Review]

HP ProLiant DL 585

Check out the HP ProLiant DL585—the enterprise-class 4-way, 64-bit server that's setting new benchmarks in performance, thanks to its dual-core AMD Opteron configuration.




[Market Watch]

SQL Server Backup and Recovery

Needs to maintain application availability, to stash copies of data in safe, remote locations, and to be able to readily recover data have given rise to new SQL Server 2005 features, as well as new backup and recovery strategies.



 

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