Calculator Riddles or Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Calculator Riddles

Author: David A Adler

These amusing calculator riddles will give children entertainment while their learning to use the calculator or just something to show their friends.

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-``It's strange. These come in many different sizes but they are always exactly one foot long.'' What's the answer? You figure it out by doing the following problem using your calculator: 53 x 40 x 5 + 9 x 5=? The mathematical answer is 53045. But how does that help solve the riddle? To find the answer, turn your calculator upside down and you will see the word ``shoes.'' There are 45 similar entries and many are so unexpected that youngsters will shout with laughter. Once they try the first one, they'll be hooked and won't rest until they've worked out every one. Adler begins with an excellent introduction on how to play the calculator riddle game and ends with a page of answers. Fisher's black-and-white cartoon illustrations provide marvelous humor. A worthwhile addition by any calculation.-Suzanne Hawley, Laurel Oak Elementary School, Naples, FL

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Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Author: Brian Larson

A practical guide to maximizing the Business Intelligence tools in the new SQL Server release

With help from this fully updated bestselling book, database professionals will be able to transform disparate enterprise data into actionable Business Intelligence. Covering all the new and improved BI features available in SQL Server 2008, the book shows you how to put timely, mission-critical information in the hands of employees across the organization.

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 begins with a discussion of BI, defining what it is and why it is important in today's business environment. After laying this foundation, the book works through the entire BI lifecycle: defining the analysis database; analyzing the data; mining the data; and delivering BI. Several analysis databases will be built and used for examples throughout the book.

Brian Larson, MCSD, served as a member of the Reporting Services development team and contributed to the code base. He is the chief of technology for Superior Consulting Services (SCS), a Microsoft Certified Partner.

Table of Contents:

Part One: Business Intelligence
Chapter 1. Equipping the Organization for Effective Decision Making
Chapter 2. Making the Most of What You've Got--Using BI
Chapter 3. Searching for the Source--The Source of BI
Chapter 4. One-Stop Shopping --The Unified Dimensional Model
Chapter 5. BI Dev Studio and SQL Management Studio
Part Two: Defining Business Intelligence Structures
Chapter 6. Creating Data Marts
Chapter 7. Integration Services- Sources, Transformations, and Destinations
Part Three: Analyzing Cube Content
Chapter 8. Fill'er Up - Using Integration Services for Populating Data Marts
Chapter 9. Measure and Dimension
Chapter 10. Cube Features
Chapter 11. MDX Script
Part Four: Mining
Chapter 12. MDX Queries
Chapter 13. Intro to Data Mining
Chapter 14. Working with the Mining Model
Part Five: Delivering
Chapter 15. Exploring the Mining Model
Chapter 16. On Report- Creating Reporting Services Report
Chapter 17. Special Delivery- Building BI Using Reporting Services
Chapter 18. Integrating OLAP with Apps
Chapter 19. Excel Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts