In this follow up Andy looks into some of the options available when you're dealing with situations where you're joining a case sensitive column to a case insensitive column. We think after reading this you'll be ready to just say no!
2004-06-22
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SQL Server backups are rock solid. But checking them is another matter and something that every DBA is responsible for doing. Another followup article by new Author Kevin O'Donovan to the issue of looking at which database
2004-06-21
6,795 reads
The SQL Server ports 1433, was blocked recently by an ISP. New Author Denny Figuerres read our release and decided to bring you some comments about why this isn't such a bad idea. Read on and see if you agree that blocking the SQL Server ports shouldn't present you any problems.
2004-06-18
9,257 reads
See what a reader had to say about Part 1, make sure you've read Part 2, then feel the pain as the author describes a lookup table that should have had unique values and doesn't.
2004-06-15
7,383 reads
Entegra for SQL Server has been available for some time, but Lumigent has recently announced support for Oracle. So if you're in a heterogenous environment...
2004-06-15
6,109 reads
String manipulation in SQL Server or T-SQL can be a challenage. There are multiple ways to accomplish every task and often learning a new one may spark some creativity in yourself or teach you a better way to accomplish an old task. New Author Stephen Lasham brings us his technique for extracting a string that is delimited from within a larger string. Something I'm sure we'll all have use for in the future.
2004-06-14
23,089 reads
SQLCentric is a fully functional Web-based MSSQL Centric Network Database Monitoring System which is deployed on your corporate intranet. Now for a limited time, Pearl Knowledge Solutions is running a sale on this product.
2004-06-14
7,038 reads
This is rich. A hotel sets up Internet access using Linux for guests. But they run SQL Server internally. So much for all the FUD coming from MS.
2004-06-14
3,811 reads
Reducing the amount of round trips between a server and client is something that can give you a great boost in performance. David Poole looks at how he solved a problem with HTML checkboxes and the challenges they solve in a programming environment. Without Dynamic SQL!
2004-06-11
9,234 reads
A personal article refering to the latest change from NTL broadband stopping port 1433 globally on their network. Users are no longer able to develop Microsoft SQLSever systems using ODBC or Enterprise manager.
2004-06-11
3,769 reads
Every Scooby-Doo mystery starts with a haunted house, a strange villain, and a trail...
By Steve Jones
Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...
By Kevin3NF
How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at...
Statistics Collection Interval: Defines the level of granularity for the collected runtime statistic, expressed...
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (RTM-CU17) (KB5048038) - 16.0.4175.1 (X64) Microsoft Corporation...
i have sqlexpress on rds, is there any way i can get notifacation that...
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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