http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Content tagged SQL Server 7, 2000, System Development Life Cycle posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)This article by Chris Kempster covers a wide variety of areas concerned with data migration. Primarily, it focuses on process, standards and some of the many issues to consider when undertaking this role. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/DTS/datamigrationoverview/639/2005/11/25http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/DTS/datamigrationoverview/639/Sysforeignkeys is a valuable SQL Server resource. How many times have you had to "pick up the pieces" from a database developed by someone else and dropped on your desk? Ever get a database diagram with that? A data dictionary? Probably not too often. Jeffrey Yao has developed a system of finding those parent-child relationships automatically and displaying them so he can get up to speed quickly on these inherited databases. Read on to find out more. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administering/makinggooduseofsysforeignkeystablepart1displaytabl/1364/2004/06/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administering/makinggooduseofsysforeignkeystablepart1displaytabl/1364/This article by Chris Kempster covers a wide variety of areas concerned with data migration. Primarily, it focuses on process, standards and some of the many issues to consider when undertaking this role. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/DTS/datamigrationoverview/639/2005/11/25http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/DTS/datamigrationoverview/639/This article is the first of a multi-part series detailing the SQL Server Upgrade process from the technical, logistical and business perspective. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Installation/sqlserverupgrade/930/2003/03/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Installation/sqlserverupgrade/930/Your software has passed all testing phase(s) and it is time to install your database into production. Andy Jones will outline below how he accomplished this task. This article is concerned with an evolving system and how to migrate it to production. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Installation/initialinstall/905/2003/02/04http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Installation/initialinstall/905/Standards are important in the computer business, both the hardware and software side. After looking at Coding Standards in a previous series, Steve Jones looks at the server side of standards beginning with hardware. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administering/serverhardwarestandards/878/2003/01/30http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administering/serverhardwarestandards/878/