Auditing DTS Packages
In this follow up article, Haidong explains how to audit DTS packages. While parts of it are specific to DTS, the general technique has many useful applications.
2003-10-06
8,955 reads
Articles
SQL DMO Poster in PDF!
Last year we did a project with Lumigent to create a DMO poster. Part of the agreement allows us to now distribute the PDF version to our readers. It's about a 400k file, print size is 24x36. We hope you DMO users will find it useful.
2003-10-03
1,901 reads
White Board, Flip Chart, or Notepad?
Andy discusses the low tech tools he uses at the office to convey problems and describe solutions. He also provides some interesting links you will want to browse.
2003-10-02
4,645 reads
Database Workbench 2.3.1 released
Database Workbench is a powerfull developer tool that includes support for Microsoft SQL Server, version 7, 2000, MSDE 1 & 2. It let's you create schema objects from a convenient interface, transfer data or profile your database by displaying query plans or creating thousands of rows of test-data.
2003-10-02
214 reads
Worst Practice - Spaces in Object Names
We can only guess that someone somewhere put spaces in an object name that Andy works with and gave him the idea for this worst practice. Funny as the topic may sound, we agree - why make your lifer harder?
2003-10-01
7,758 reads
New Table Structure Compare Tool in Beta
Aladdin is an "alter table" script generation tool for SQL Server 7/2000.
Aladdin is currently in BETA. They are currently looking for for 25 people willing to use the beta product and report their experiences. Users who fully participate in the beta will get a free, single user license when the product is released. To participate in the Aladdin BETA program, please download the software and send an email to Ken Otto: ottosoft@hotmail.com - Subject: Aladdin Beta Test.
2003-10-01
1,065 reads
Migrating Logins To Another Server
Migrating your logins can be done the easy way or the hard way. Greg shows you one way - care to guess which way?!
2003-09-30
20,641 reads
Storage Performance Council
The Storage Performance Council (SPC) is a non-profit corporation founded to define, standardize, and promote storage subsystem benchmarks as well as to disseminate objective, verifiable performance data to the computer industry and its customers.
2003-09-30
290 reads
Where Do I Want To Go Today? - Rich Data Types
Where should SQL Server go in the future? What enhancements are needed? Steve Jones continues to explore his wish list for future versions of SQL Server.
2003-09-29
3,444 reads
Log Navigator Database Auditor Released
Log Navigator 1.0, a passive SQL auditing system that uses the SQL Server transaction log, instead of triggers, to audit data changes has been released.
2003-09-29
1,076 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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