A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
2008-03-23
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Articles
2008-03-22
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Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
2008-03-22
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Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
2008-03-22
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Updated SQL Injection
SQL injection has been a hot topic the last couple years and there are some great articles at SQLServerCentral.com on this topic. Michael Coles brings us an updated look at this SQL Server security issue with some new examples you might not have previously thought.
2008-03-21 (first published: 2005-09-21)
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Five steps to designing event handlers in SSIS
Construct event handlers in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for executables. Get the flexibility of Control Flow and Data Flow tabs in Event Handler.
2008-03-21
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Get More Out of SQL Server Reporting Services Charts
This white paper presents general information, best practices, and tips for designing charts within Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports. It provides an overview of some Reporting Services features, answers common chart design and feature questions, and includes advanced examples of how to design better charts.
2008-03-21
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The Architecting Magic Behind Taking Mash Ups Offline
While most of the complexity you encounter in synchronization efforts will be unique to your application and infrastructure, synchronization works best when it's designed to be a core feature in each data store.
2008-03-21
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Applying Your Scripts across Multiple SQL Server Databases
This review of RedGate's new SQL Multi Script tool that aids you in deploying a script across multiple databases.
2008-03-20
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ETL for Free-Form Data
This article demonstrates how to extract, transform and load free-form data into a structured form like a staging table by way of XML conversions.
2008-03-20
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Blogs
Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022
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Looking Back at the Redgate 2026 Company Kickoff
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Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company...
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
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This is long overdue but life and distractions happened. It’s been a little over...
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Adding and Dropping Columns II
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers