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all groups > sql server data warehouse > april 2005

ETL & BINARY_CHECKSUM?
Posted by Paul Smith at 4/29/2005 12:00:00 AM
We are currently populating our WH/DM using only tools availale in SQL2K (i.e no Syncsort etc). Some of our modules (controlled via DTS) take, understandably, a fair amount of time to processand I was ondering if there was a trick was missing to speed things up. Example: - In a data acquis...more >>

Analysis Server on Windows 2003
Posted by Michelle at 4/27/2005 4:43:47 PM
Hi all, I am having trouble getting Analysis server to run on my Windows 2003, are there any KNOWN compatibility issues? Thanks...M ...more >>

Problem when transfering an important number of records.
Posted by oLiVieR CheNeSoN at 4/27/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I have MSSQl 2000 , SP3 with WIn2000 when I transfer from one table to another, 115852 records, le server hangs. I tried with 70000 records and it worked. even with 90000 records. With more than 90000 records, the server hangs. Any idea ? It might be a bug in MSSQLsvr ? any know...more >>

OLTP vs Reporting Database vs OLAP Database
Posted by Robert Lie at 4/25/2005 12:00:00 AM
Dear All, I have a fundamental questions regarding my design of my SQL Server Database. Current SQL Server 2000 Design Setting (in one server) -1 Database for OLTP -1 Database for OLAP -> Generating Cubes Planned SQL Server 2000 Design Setting (in two servers): -1 Database for OLTP -> ...more >>

Start DTS when max value in table has been reached
Posted by w.peereboom at 4/22/2005 4:25:02 PM
Hello, My problem: Antoher server (DTS task) is updating tables in my database on my server. After these updates i would like to start my dts. So i can be sure to have the most updated values in my table. For now i start my DTS at a certain time with the job manager. But sometimes the D...more >>

Table Relation: Question about concept
Posted by Klaus Löffelmann at 4/22/2005 3:22:25 PM
Hello, I'm comparatively inexperienced with SQL-Server DB-Design, so neither do I know, if this is the right newsgroup to ask this question nor if I developed a complete screwed up concept - so my apologies in advance! OK, here is my problem. The whole database is about calculat...more >>

index views ?
Posted by jerome at 4/21/2005 12:47:57 AM
Hi, Is it possible to create some kind of indexes on views based on a substring column ? View PROD_NAME: Select substring (PROD_STRING,10,20) as PROD_NAME, PROD_NO from PROD_TABLE View PROD_TYPE: Select substring (PROD_STRING,5,5) as PROD_TYPE, PROD_NO from PROD_TABLE Of course ...more >>

Streamlining a backup database?
Posted by marcmc at 4/18/2005 9:31:02 AM
I have a requirement for an automated process to streamline warehouse backups (some tables only) to only 4 weeks of data for each table archived. I have a system whereby I apply a suffix to ensure unique table names. We have alot of old data that builds up quickly. In the near future I will ...more >>



I need help with SELECT statement
Posted by Vanessa Lee at 4/14/2005 6:17:21 PM
Hi, Could you help me modify the SELECT statement below that would accomplish my final goal. SELECT col1, col2 FROM table1 WHERE col3 < @V In col1 rows have many duplicates col2 has unique values col3 can have 5 possible values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 Variable @V can be equal to 5 or 10 or 15 o...more >>

Merge Large Tables
Posted by Shawn Meyer at 4/14/2005 11:25:27 AM
What is the best way to merge two really large tables (7,000,000 rows each, and very wide)? The table definitions are the same for both tables. Right now I am using a insert into statement with a selection from one table at a time, but it takes way too long. I don't need it to be logged. A all ...more >>

NAS recommandation for dev team...
Posted by Jéjé at 4/13/2005 7:37:23 PM
Hi, I want to setup a computer or server as a storage server to host database files. I'm not looking for a top performance system because its for "small" datawarehouses and for development / test purpose. small = 5 to 20gb (generally a subset of data) I want to allow a developper to c...more >>

Error message received oopenning Analysis Manager
Posted by Paulo Andre Ortega Ribeiro at 4/12/2005 6:43:54 AM
I receive the following error message when I open the Analysis Manager |(SQL Server 2000): "Cannot create the temop directory C:\Program Files\ Microsoft Analysis Services\Bin\...\help80\metadata\metatemp100\. Please verify that you have enough disk space, and try again" This directory ...more >>

Is SQL Server 2000 a great datawarehousing DBMS ?
Posted by Hassan at 4/8/2005 10:22:32 PM
A lot of people in the organisation think that its not especially when it comes to large datawarehouse systems. What does one do to argue the same ? They claim Oracle or DB2 are much better. ...more >>

Index Tuning Wizard (Crud?) or just me?
Posted by marcmc at 4/6/2005 9:29:06 AM
Is it just me or is it that you give it a workload and it recommends the indexes you already have on your table. Anybody any experience with this 'tool'? ...more >>

Incremental Load to DataWarehouse table
Posted by marcmc at 4/6/2005 9:29:03 AM
I have never done it before. By the term incremental, I mean that I have a fact table and each day I want to add records to it that do not already exist in the table. I do not want to truncate and do a full load each day. There are millions of rows. I am already thinking about Last_RunDate...more >>

Using CASE and TOP statements - HELP
Posted by Ali at 4/6/2005 1:13:36 AM
Hi, If i use Case in a query, is there a way to retrieve the top, lets say, 10 for each case within the same query, instead of making different select statements for each case scenario? Hence, if i have 3 Cases in the Query, i should have three Top 10's for each Case? Will appreciate ...more >>

Performance in Cube generation
Posted by Kam at 4/4/2005 6:35:02 PM
during the cube generation, I saw the disk utilization in C drive is 100%. How can I change the temporary drive for the cubes generation? or can I share the work load on others drives? nHow?...more >>

RS upgrade
Posted by pexiak at 4/4/2005 9:55:04 AM
A couple months ago we started a report server MS SQL Reporting Services. The MS SQL is of course licenced but the Microsoft dealer by mistake sent us an evaluation version of RS. We've used it for a couple of months and yestarday it stopped working - its evaluation period passed. As it is alrea...more >>

Data Modeling
Posted by Robert Hamilton at 4/1/2005 8:39:04 AM
What's the best Microsoft tool for data modeling of a data warehouse on SQL Server 2000?...more >>


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