This article shows some options to retrieve all the metadata you'll need to write scripts that write scripts. No, that's not a goof, this article is about code generation.
2004-04-09
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Probably not a task you'll have to do very often, all the better that someone has laid out how to do it in good detail!
2004-04-08
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If you are (or want to be) a power user, this book should be on your shelf. How many books have you read that have you using a debugger to step into the sql server process? James gives it a thumbs up!
2004-04-07
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One of the strengths of Visual Studio .NET is its features for rapid application development, or prototyping. If, for example, you want to develop a Windows form that lets you maintain the data in one table of a database, you can usually do that in 20 minutes or less. This article will show you how.
2004-04-01
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Do you have the need for more speed on your servers? How do you go about squeezing more speed out of the database when faced with an upgrade? Steve Jones walks through some of his thought process when looking at ugprade for one of his servers.
2004-03-30
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As Jeff says, "There are lots of articles about how to do auditing, but there are few discussions about how to use the auditing results in a real time environment". Well, now we have one that shows you how to do it!
2004-03-29
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Nice write up on the Admin Companion. Should you add it to your bookshelf? Frank offers his frank opinion.
2004-03-26
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It's not often you'll need to access the registry from SQL, but when you do - these functions make it happen!
2004-03-23
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A week ago, we solicited readers to let Microsoft know which of the SQL Server 2005 announced features mattered most to them. We had a great response, with 890 of you answering the survey in three days. The answers were pretty interesting. The full results can be seen at the bottom of this article.
2004-03-22
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Some good info on password changes in Yukon (SQL 2005). Based on the beta, but worth taking a look at.
2004-03-19
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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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