A list of the bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2000 SP 4 Beta
This article contains information about the bugs that are fixed by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 Beta. (SP4).
2005-01-06
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Articles
Securing Your Microsoft SQL Server Databases in an Enterprise Environm
If you are running Microsoft SQL Server databases to support critical enterprise applications, you are part of a growing trend.
2005-01-06
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SwisSQL Helps Major ERP Vendor in Database Migration of Oracle to SQL
SwisSQL develops products for SQL Server and other RDBMSs that ease the migration between platforms. They have provided us with a case study to show how you can easily move data from an Oracle system to the premier database platform, SQL Server. Check out this case study of how one of the ERP vendors used their product to migrate their code.
2005-01-05
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Manipulating Microsoft SQL Server Using SQL Injection
Focuses on advanced techniques that can be used in an attack on an application utilizing Microsoft SQL Server as a backend. These techniques demonstrate how an attacker could use a SQL Injection vulnerability to retrieve the database content from behind a firewall and penetrate the internal network. Also provided are recommendations on how to prevent such attacks.
2005-01-05
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A Look at MYSQL
SQL Server is the best RDBMS, at least according to the current thinking at SQLServerCentral.com, and is fully capable of meeting all of your database needs. However that does not mean you should ignore other platforms. A good DBA will be aware of and perhaps skilled in other platforms and tools, including competing database systems. There has been a lot of buzz about the open source MySQL RDBMS this past year and David Poole takes a look at this server, giving you some points of comparison with
2005-01-04
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Common QA for deploying SQL Server in a SAN Environment
Detailed question/answer paper on deploying SQL Server in a Storage Area Network (SAN) Environment.
2005-01-04
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Decorum in the Forums
One of the most valuable features of SQLServerCentral.com is the discussion forums, where many a DBA has found an answer to their question. Most times on the same day! While we do not moderate the forums, there are still some rules for posting that we hope everyone will take a moment to read.
2005-01-03
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Indexes: An Overview and Maintenance for Performance
SQL Server for the most part will maintain itself, updating statistics, choosing optimal query plans, and requiring minimal maintenance to keep running. However to optain optimum performance, a real DBA needs to spend some time checking and tuning indexes, rebuilding them as fillfactors change. This new article from Desiree Harris looks at how you can perform some of these tasks to keep your server performing at the optimum level.
2004-12-30
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Oracle Link
SQL Server is the best RDBMS, at least according to the current thinking at SQLServerCentral.com, and is fully capable of meeting all of your database needs. However not all database systems run on SQL Server and it seems that we often see data from some other system being consolidated on SQL Server for additional processing or reporting. DTS usually handles the load, but there are times that you might want create a linked server to an Oracle system for updating individual rows. New author Adria
2004-12-29
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Get all from Table A that isn't in Table B
A common requirement when building a data warehouse is to be able to get all rows from a staging table where the business key is not in the dimension table. For example, I may want to get all rows from my STG_DATE table where the DateID is not in DIM_DATE.DateID.
2004-12-29
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Blogs
Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
Forums
Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.
Hi there, Has anyone else had any trouble with Database Mail in Cumulative Update...
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
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URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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