SQL Server includes Query Analyzer as a client editing tool for T-SQL code. It's a great tool, but it does have a number of shortcomings. Apex SQL has released an editor that includes a number of features missing in Query Analyzer. Read this review by Brian Kelley.
2004-11-08
7,815 reads
Ralph Kimball, founder of The Kimbaal Group, shares some thoughts on data with PASS.
2004-11-08
2,508 reads
This is the first article by Steve Jones that examines a programming technique for handling operations that may be too large to run in a single query.
2004-11-05 (first published: 2001-05-09)
19,458 reads
Although partitioning tables and indexes has always been a design tactic chosen to improve performance and manageability in larger databases, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has new features that simplify the design. This whitepaper describes the logical progression from manually partitioning data by creating your own tables to the preliminary features, which enabled partitioning through views in SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000, to the true partitioned table features available in SQL Server 2005. In SQL Server 2005, the new table-based partitioning features significantly simplify design and administration of partitioned tables while continuing to improve performance.
2004-11-05
3,625 reads
Teratrax, maker of SQL Server products, is offering the SQLServerCentral.com community a 15% discount on their products.
2004-11-04
2,479 reads
SQL Server has a great scheduling system in SQLAgent. But sometimes SQLAgent won't work or isn't available. Author Andre Vigneau has built a solid system for auomtating the management of SQL Server, one that he deploys with the software that his company sells. Read about the basics of this system and get some code that might come in handy for you.
2004-11-04
5,890 reads
One of the most interesting features that I'll explore is that you can now create WebServices in the database tier directly, without resorting to "add ons" or even the use of IIS at all. One of the many extensions to Transact SQL is the new CREATE ENDPOINT statement, which allows the developer to create an endpoint directly from SQL Server 2005, which hooks right into the Kernel Mode HTTP.SYS driver, exposing functions and stored procedures written either in T-SQL or native CLR methods/classes.
2004-11-04
3,131 reads
Auditing in SQL Server is something that is becoming more and more prevelant, and will likely become more regulated over time. Dinesh Asanka brings us a new article on the basics of SQL Servers most powerful auditing configuration, C2 level auditing.
2004-11-03
38,305 reads
This article discusses the XML support built into SQL Server 2005. It shows how this support integrates with the client side programming support in the .NET Framework V2.0 and in native code such as OLEDB and SQLXML.
2004-11-03
1,352 reads
Theyre back and expanded, the 2004 Readers Choice awards. Take a minute and vote now for the products and vendors you have enjoyed working with.
2004-11-02
3,318 reads
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