SQLServerCentral.com Content tagged Reviews

DevWeek 2010 is Coming Up

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:00:00 UT

The time has come again for the UK’s biggest conference for .NET developers and SQL Server professionals. Read the press release about this years DevWeek.

SQL Response Review - New SQL Server Monitoring Tool

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:00:00 UT

Red Gate's SQL Response is advertised as a low-impact SQL Server monitoring application with an intuitive interface. Given the advertising, I signed up for the SQL Response Release Candidate and took a look. I was pleasantly surprised with what I found.

Web Data Adminstrator

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:00:00 UT

Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.

Microsoft DPM

Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00:00 UT

This is a product that we have not heard much about, but Microsoft has a Data Protection Manager, designed to help ensure you can recover your databases by centralizing your backup files. Author Jay Dave brings us a short overview on this product.

Top 5 hard-earned Lessons of a DBA
New! Part 4, ‘Disturbing Development’ by Grant Fritchey, features the return of Joe Deebeeay and a server-threatening encounter with ORMs - read it here

A Review of PDF-eXPLODE

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 UT

Reporting is a huge part of any DBA's job with constant changes and new requests for data that non-technical people can use. And more and more often the format of choice is PDF, which ensures the end result looks the same on many different platforms. Kathi Kellenberger takes a look at a product that can allow end-users to generate PDFs from a database and easily send them to other people.

A Look at Log Explorer

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:00:00 UT

Have you ever wanted to read your transaction log? Wonder what information is inside there? New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at one of the log tools out on the market, Lumigent's Log Explorer.

Performance Tuning

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:00:00 UT

Performance tuning is an art or science, depending on who you talk to. SQL Server guru Joe Sack has authored a book on SQL Server 2005 T-SQL and brings us the performance tuning chapter as a preview.

Pro SQL Server 2005 Replication

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:00:00 UT

Take a look at a sample chapter and see who won copies of this book from our Question of the Day Contest.

A Freeware offer for SQLServerCentral.com Members

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:00:00 UT

Highwire Development is offering a free version of their RAAS product to SQLServerCentral.com members.

‘Disturbing Development’
Grant Fritchey & the DBA Team present the latest installment of the Top 5 hard-earned lessons of a DBA – read it now

The SQL Internals Viewer

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:00:00 UT

Danny Gould has written a very interesting piece of software that gives you a view into the storage of your data inside SQL Server. And it's FREE!!! He brings us a description of this software in this short article.

Get alerts within 15 seconds of SQL Server issues
SQL Monitor checks performance data every 15 seconds, so you can fix issues before your users even notice them. Start monitoring with a free trial.

A Replication Interview Book Review

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:00:00 UT

Andy Warren has had a great deal of experience with SQL Server replication and just picked up a new book on the topic. Rather than the standard book review, he decided to conduct the review as an interview with the author.

SQLMesh Personal for Free

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:00:00 UT

A new Java based application for searching SQL Server and Sybase databases is available for free from SQLMesh.

A Discount on SQL Populator

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:00:00 UT

Software Development Innovations is offering SQLServerCentral.com members a 20% discount on their products with a coupon of "sqlservercentral" used in their cart.

XML Notepad with SSMS

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:00:00 UT

XML is becoming more pervasive in all of MIcrosoft's product, including SQL Server. Jay Dave brings us a short look at how one of their lesser known tools, the XML Notepad, can be used by SQL Server DBAs.

Writing SQL Faster

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:00:00 UT

All of us would like to code faster and with fewer mistakes. While a third party tool usualy won't help with the latter, there are a few to help you increase the speed at which you build readable code. New author Tom Fisher brings us a short tutorial on using a couple of Red Gate's tools.

Web Data Adminstrator

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:00:00 UT

Security Tool Survey

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:00:00 UT

Red Gate is looking to expand upon their ever-growing list of extremely helpful tools and asking for help from you DBAs out the real world. They have a survey with 20 questions on Security Tools and 5 people will be chosen to win a goodie bag. I have no idea what's in the bag, but it should be interesting.

Career Book Reviews

Wed, 23 May 2007 06:00:00 UT

Working in the corporate world can be a challenge and most of us muddle through our careers without really having any formal training. Andy Warren has spent time proactively working on his career and learned a great many tips and tricks for succeeeding as an employee and a manager. He brings us a few book reviews that might help you cope with the strange corporate world in which so many of us work.

Microsoft DPM

Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00:00 UT

Learn SQLCLR Programming

Thu, 03 May 2007 06:00:00 UT

Longtime author here, Michael Coles, has written a new book on SQL Server 2005 Programming and has sent us a sample chapter on SQLCLR programming. Download the chapter and source code and grab this great book from your favorite bookseller.

SQL Server 2005 Books

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:00:00 UT

There have been a huge number of SQL Server 2005 books released in the last year, but which ones are worth buying? Here are reviews of three new books from one of the SQL Server gurus.

A Review of SQL Refactor

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:00:00 UT

Longtime author Dinesh Asanka takes a look at one of the new tools on the market, SQL Refactor from Red Gate.

A Discount on SQLMaestro

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:00:00 UT

SQLMaestro has a new version and is offering a discount to SQLServerCentral.com members.

A Look at SQL Log Rescue

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:00:00 UT

In another look at log tools, author S. Srivathsani looks at SQL Log Rescue from Red Gate Software. Read on about how to setup this tool in your environment and use it for a peek inside your transaction log.

A Look at Log Explorer

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:00:00 UT

Have you ever wanted to read your transaction log? Wonder what information is inside there? New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at one of the log tools out on the market, Lumigent's Log Explorer.

A Look at ApexSQL Log

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00:00 UT

Reading the transaction log is challenging and one of the tools that enables you go get insight is ApexSQL Log. New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at this tool and how it worked in one environment.

A Review of PDF-eXPLODE

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 UT

A Review of NGSSQuirreL

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:00:00 UT

Longtime SQL Server expert and author Michael Coles takes a look at one of the security products that every SQL Server DBA should consider. Read on to find out how NGSSQuirreL can help you.

A Review of Typhon III

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:00:00 UT

Maintaining SQL Server security is fast becoming a big part of a SQL Server DBA's job. Longtime security expert Brian Kelley takes a look at a security scanner: Typhon III

Product Review: SQL Refactor

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:00:00 UT

Danny Lesandrini reviews SQL Refactor, a SQL Server Add-In that works with the new SQL Server Management Studio.