I ntroduced in Sql Server 2005, Microsoft's Service Broker is a Messaging Queue for Sql Server. You can audit tables, trigger events, and even call web services (Using the External Activator). Follow this excellent tutorial by Dev Kimchi which helps you step by step and clearly explain how to setup your Service Broker messaging queue. To get started with the external activator you will require the version for the version of Sql Server you are running, click on any of the Microsoft download links and follow the install instructions: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 Feature Pack One last thing before you get frustrated installing the External Activator service on a remote server. At least for the 2012 version, it still required .Net 3.5 installed on the destination computer/server. If you are trying to install on a Windows 2012 server follow this helpful guide on how to get .Net 3.5 installed now that the latest packs have b...
Even tho this is a Sql Blog, the following actually is related...
Many developers will often use Microsoft Access as a viable Front End to Sql Server instead of using VB or even VB dotNet. This is often a quick way to leverage rapid development. However if you've ever used Access you'll quickly find that it's not the friendly little IDE that it claims to be. When you attempt to leverage it's power as bound data application, you'll often find yourself wrestling within the clutches of it's Before Update, Current and After Update Events. I can say you haven't known how to really hate, until you've battled it out with these events. In a simple application it all works fine, in a typical Access MDB format, binding data to forms is common and relatively easy and painless. Try it with an ADP (Access Data Project).
The Before Update event can easily be avoided and replaced with a database trigger. Trigger's to Sql Server are what Before Update...
After a brief stint, I will begin posting some bootstrap articles around Multi Dimensional databases and Tabular. So if you are working with SSAS, send me your questions via twitter. And I will post some answers here. Follow @seecoolguy
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