Writing Simple Select Statements
In this video, you'll learn how to write basic select statements. This beginner video takes you from the ground up writing T-SQL.
2006-10-04
3,402 reads
Articles
Ownership Chaining
Security in SQL Server is not too complex, following a fairly simple framework for allowing and preventing access to data. However there are a few places where it can get tricky and some concepts that many people do not understand. Rob Farley brings us an explanation of one of those areas: ownership chaining. Read about how ownership chaining can be useful and also how it may open security holes in your environment.
2006-10-03
6,370 reads
Creating a database project with Team Edition for Database Professiona
Mairead introduces you to how to create your database project using the latest edition of Visual Studio Team System - Team Edition for Database Professionals. Check out this quick 10 minute demo to get a whirlwind tour of project creation within VSTE for DB Pro.
2006-10-03
2,122 reads
Mining in-memory data
This article explains how desktop applications can use SQL Server 2005 Data Mining to analyze in-memory data.
2006-10-03
2,504 reads
Fall Book Sale
We're blowing out inventory again to make room for new books. Stock up your SQL Server library with a few of our titles.
2006-10-02
3,715 reads
XML Argument Protocols for SQL 2005 Stored Procedures
SQL Server 2005 has made it much easier to work with XML data in your database applications than ever before. In this article, new author Jack Hummer examines how you can use XML to move data through stored procedures.
2006-10-02
9,433 reads
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services - Lookup Transformation - Part 33
Continuing the overview of Data Flow components in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, this installment focuses on the Lookup transformation.
2006-10-02
1,785 reads
Integrating Database Snapshots into Integration Services
Database snapshots provide a handy way to provide data integrity for Integration Services. In this presentation, Brian shows you how to create a package that can "self-heal". In the event of any problem, the database will automatically roll back to a pre-ETL snapshot.
2006-09-29
2,186 reads
Ownership chaining in SQL Server 2005
Ownership chains have unique permissions' issues in SQL Server 2005. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp explains the access levels of ownership chains, and the benefits of "EXECUTE AS."
2006-09-29
1,943 reads
SQL Server Spotlight on Craig Freedman
Our look at the SQL Server development team continues with Craig Freedman, query tuning expert working on partitioning features. Read a little about a talented software engineer that has been developing database software for over a decade.
2006-09-28
4,486 reads
Blogs
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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