2007-08-02
1,840 reads
Articles
Data Warehousing: Ensuring Data Integrity with End-to-End and Statisti
This article provides an architecture and process framework to ensure data quality in a data warehousing environment.
2007-08-02
1,862 reads
SQLCLR Security and Designing for Reuse
SQL Server's CREATE ASSEMBLY statement lets you catalog code with one of three predefined security buckets. But under the covers, there are actually two distinct security models at play: Code Access Security and Host Protection, and you need to understand both.
2007-08-02
1,670 reads
Server Farm Reporting - Part 1
Managing a large number of servers can be quite the challenge for many DBAs and it seems to get worse each year as more servers are added without an increase in staffing. New author Mark Tierney brings us the first part of a series on the framework he's built to help manage his servers.
2007-08-01
4,261 reads
T-SQL error handling with Try…Catch blocks
T-SQL Try…Catch block for SQL Server exception handling has new, improved functions to handle errors when executing T-SQL code in SQL Server 2005.
2007-08-01
3,672 reads
Get And Set SQL Server 2005 Instance Registry Values
Most SQL Server DBAs will never need to read the registry for their instances, however in case you do find yourself needing to read or write something in SQL Server 2005, Vince Iacoboni brings us a technique for performing both of these actions.
2007-07-31
8,873 reads
RSS Newsfeed Workbench
Robyn and Phil decide to build an RSS newsfeed in TSQL, using the power of SQL Server's XML.
2007-07-31
1,412 reads
SQL Server Password Management:
Improving SQL Server password management includes thorough password testing and securing SQL Server installations beyond the main database server.
2007-07-31
2,653 reads
Revisit What You Know
A thought provoking article from SQL Server expert and trainer Andy Warren. As a DBA you should think about the rules and decrees you have developed over the years and revisit them for application in your current situation.
2007-07-30
3,540 reads
AJAX Stock Symbol Drop-down List
A web look up of a huge list of stock symbols from an MS SQL database.
2007-07-30
2,817 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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