Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
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Articles
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
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Introduction to MDX Scripting in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
This document describes how Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 can be applied to common business problems. This document assumes some familiarity with MDX.
2008-05-02
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Using Indexes to Bypass Locks
One of the issues you'll face with SQL Server is blocking which is caused by other processes that are holding locks on objects. Until the locks are removed on an object the next process will wait before proceeding. This is a common process that runs within SQL Server to ensure data integrity, but depending on how transactions are run this can cause some issues. Are there ways to get around blocking by using different indexes to cover the queries that may be running?
2008-05-02
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Custom Log Shipping
This article presents a way to implement a simple database synchronization solution similar to log shipping using Database Maintenance Plans and T-SQL.
2008-05-01
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The T-SQL Quiz
Longtime SQL Server DBA and author Grant Fritchey decided to quiz his developers on how to perform some simple functions in T-SQL. Read about his results and see how you might do in taking his quiz.
2008-05-01 (first published: 2007-05-28)
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Configure SQL Server Service Broker for Sending Stored Procedures
Set up SQL Server 2005 Service Broker for a messaging platform to queue data of stored procedures and functions. Configure Service Broker with these steps.
2008-05-01
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Managing Disk Space
How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.
2008-05-01
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Managing Disk Space
How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.
2008-05-01
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Managing Disk Space
How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.
2008-05-01
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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