SQL Server 2000 Security - Part 10 - Auditing
A basic look at various ways in which you can perform some server auditing with SQL Server 2000.
2004-09-13
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Articles
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1
The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer has been updated to work with Windows XP SP2. If you use this tool be sure that you get the update to work with new patches and vulnerabilities.
2004-09-10
3,864 reads
Sending SQL Notifications with CDOSYS
SQL Server has a nice alert system, but SQLMail leaves something to be desired. New author Desiree Harris, from hosting provider Orcsweb, looks at an alternative method for sending alerts using an SMTP server and without requiring Outlook to be installed.
2004-09-09
14,150 reads
Changing Domains for a SQL Server 2000 Failover Cluster
This step-by-step article describes the steps you must use to change domains for an existing SQL Server 2000 Failover Cluster.
2004-09-09
698 reads
Give Us Your Nightmare Vote
All the submissions for the Nightmare Contest are in, now take a moment and vote for your favorite.
2004-09-08
3,713 reads
Exotic use of User Defined Function
User defined functions were added in SQL Server 7 and enhanced in SQL Server 2000, but they are still a relatively little used feature. Here's a look at a unique way that Leo Peysakhovich solved a problem using a UDF.
2004-09-07
11,119 reads
Pie Charts in Reporting Services
Reporting Services is one of the hottest new tools that adds on to SQL Server. William Pearson continues his series on this new product with a look at how to add pie charts to your report.
2004-09-07
2,338 reads
Review: SQL Auditor
How solid is your SQL Server database design? Will it perform well in practice? SSW has a product, SQL Auditor, that compares your design against a number of well known design rules and gives you reports based on how well your design does. Read Mike Pearson's review of this product.
2004-09-06
5,803 reads
Schemas in ADO.NET 2.0
When you decide on a connection string and add a Data Connection, each Data Connection also displays a tree of information about the database objects (like tables, views, and stored procedures) visible directly through the connection. But where does this information come from? Read this article from MSDN on the new features of ADO.NET.
2004-09-06
853 reads
Review of IIS Admin Tool (No, its not a SQL article)
Win XP Pro limits users to one web site, but developers often need to be able to switch between sites when coding locally. This free tool let's you easily do just that. Why an article on an IIS tool on a SQL site? We think it might be useful to you or someone on your team, and lots of SQL developers use IIS as well.
2004-09-03
5,752 reads
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SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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