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Writing Maintainable Code

No developer or DBA wants to be told how to write their code. Everyone has their own style, but this can cause problems in a team environment where different people need to work on the same section of code. New author Pam Abdulla brings us a few simple techniques that can help you write more maintainable code.

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2006-08-07

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Using correlated sub-queries in SQL Server

A sub-query is a SQL Server statement embedded inside of another SQL Server statement. The database engine treats a sub-query as a virtual table for the execution of the query. A sub-query can be used as a table in a join statement, as a single value in a select statement, in the where clause of a SQL Server query, in the having clause of a SQL Server query, or incorporated in data manipulation statements.

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2006-08-07

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Dumping Microsoft SQL Server: MySQL, PostgreSQL attract big users

So, you're a Microsoft SQL Server administrator flirting with open source, but you're not sure how far you should go on the first migration? Don't worry, there won't be much peer pressure to go "all the way." Look around and you'll find that most businesses making the switch are going only as far as their Web applications.

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2006-08-04

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Committing imports in SQL Server a little at a time

A colleague working on an Informix database needed to search TEXT columns using wildcards. While Informix supports wildcards in LIKE and MATCH predicates, this support does not include TEXT columns. The obvious solution—to export the data to SQL Server—does support such searches.

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2006-08-03

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Creating a generic audit trigger with SQL 2005 CLR

Auditing is becoming more important all the time for DBAs as regulations and requirements increase. Building auditing into your systems can be done a number of ways, but with SQL Server 2005, you have a new option. New author David Ziffer brings us a generic auditing CLR trigger.

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2006-08-02

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ConnectionStringBuilders in .NET 2.0

As a DBA you might not need to build connection strings for your servers very often, but developers certainly need to build these all the time and might contact you for help. Author Raj Vasant takes a look at the new capabilities of .NET 2.0, which can really help make this easier.

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2006-08-01

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