A Discount on SQL Populator
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2007-07-27
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Articles
CLR: 9 Reusable Parallel Data Structures and Algorithms
This column is less about the mechanics of a common language runtime (CLR) feature and more about how to efficiently use what you’ve got at your disposal.
2007-07-27
2,632 reads
SQL Server Spotlight on Len Wyatt
Project REAL was an amazing undertaking by Microsoft to put SQL Server 2005 to the test in a real environment. One of the main people working on this was Len Wyatt, who agreed to take a few minutes and share some thoughts with us.
2007-07-26
1,874 reads
To Wrap or Not to Wrap
It's not a string manipulation article in T-SQL, but it is SQL Server related. Check out what Steve Jones has in store for the PASS 2007 Summit for the SQLServerCentral.com community..
2007-07-26
1,507 reads
XML Notepad with SSMS
XML is becoming more pervasive in all of MIcrosoft's product, including SQL Server. Jay Dave brings us a short look at how one of their lesser known tools, the XML Notepad, can be used by SQL Server DBAs.
2007-07-26
3,680 reads
Keep a check on your IDENTITY columns in SQL Server
Be sure you don't end up with arithmatic errors in your identity columns from a SQL Server MVP.
2007-07-26
2,984 reads
A T-SQL Regular Expression Library for SQL Server 2005
This article shows the reader how to construct a library of scalar and table valued functions for SQL Server 2005 to perform regular expression analysis.
2007-07-25
4,024 reads
ADO.NET Entity Framework Overview
ADO.NET in the next release of Visual Studio® code-named "Orcas" features the new Entity Framework.
2007-07-25
2,551 reads
Searching Words and Phrases in a Rich Text Field
Searching for data in a database is something we all do constantly, but few of us use the Full-Text Search features of SQL Server. Yousef Ekhtiari brings us a look at how you can get around some of the limitations of this feature and possibly use it in your application.
2007-07-24
6,484 reads
Microsoft Windows Power Shell and SQL Server 2005 SMO – Part 4
Part 3 of this series discussed how to script PowerShell and connect to SQL Server. This installment illustrates how to use a PowerShell script to loop through the content of a file and connect to different servers.
2007-07-24
2,479 reads
Blogs
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
By Steve Jones
I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
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