What's an MVP?
What does it mean to be an MVP for Microsoft? Steve Jones talks about what the award is and what it means to get the award.
2008-07-08
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Articles
What's an MVP?
What does it mean to be an MVP for Microsoft? Steve Jones talks about what the award is and what it means to get the award.
2008-07-08
62 reads
Error Handling in Nested Procedures and Logging Custom Errors
Longtime author Leo Peysakhovich brings us a new article on error handling when you have procedures nested inside each other.
2008-07-07
9,331 reads
R-E-S-P-E-C-T for DBAs
Red Gate Software wants to recognize and reward exceptional DBAs with this new program.
2008-07-07 (first published: 2008-05-29)
3,018 reads
Implementing Upgrade of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
In the previous installment of our series, we presented a variety of reasons that might influence your decision to upgrade a full-fledged member of the SQL Server 2005 family. This article discusses the actual implementation of this process, pointing out additional factors that might affect its complexity.
2008-07-07
1,969 reads
Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-07
51 reads
Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-07
68 reads
Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-07
49 reads
SQL Server local disk storage to SANs
Storage area networks (SANs) improve SQL Server performance. Set up SANs on SQL Server with these best practices on migrating to, and configuring SANs.
2008-07-07
4,584 reads
Enough is Enough
When do you decide that enough is enough? When does it make sense to let some bugs go and fix them later? Steve Jones comments on the decisions you sometimes make.
2008-07-06
52 reads
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