Build a lot of DSN's in a hurry!
This article by Andy Warren offers a free utility that will generate DSN's for all or just a subset of the databases on a server in seconds.
2003-09-19
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This article by Andy Warren offers a free utility that will generate DSN's for all or just a subset of the databases on a server in seconds.
2003-09-19
10,046 reads
Directly accessing system tables is discouraged - so what's the alternative? Using the Information Schema should allow you to create code that survives upgrades. Beyond that, what can you do with it? Joe has four great examples to get you started.
2003-09-18
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Chris discusses some issues he had trying to use SQL dates from within Java. Interesting stuff and brings up the point that if you have dates stored in local time, having users in multiple time zones can be a large headache.
2003-09-17
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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.
2003-09-15
4,139 reads
Andy reviewed v1.51 almost two years ago, this week he looks at the latest release that includes one feature he really wanted - the ability to compare and sync text columns.
2003-09-12
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Chris has been working through the process of upgrading to Win2003 and has the start of a great checklist along with few lessons learned - stuff that will come in handy it's time for you to do your own upgrade.
2003-09-11
10,938 reads
Frank has been part of our community for a while now, posting more than 1000 times (wow!) in our discussion area. He's decided to contribute more of his time by putting together an article that discusses how SQL has evolved.
2003-09-10
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DTS logging is a pretty handy feature - if you've got it enabled. Got lots of packages and want to turn it on for all of them? Thats a lot of point and click using EM, but with the code Haidong has put together, it's a snap. Other possibilities to this code as well. After all, it uses a DTS package to modify other DTS packages.
2003-09-09
12,235 reads
Where should SQL Server go in the future? Steve Jones continues to explore his wish list for future versions of SQL Server. This article looks at an area where much improvement is needed: the index tuning wizard.
2003-09-08
4,734 reads
Jon has been off in the land of C# and web apps for a while, but a recent project has him investigating OLAP and then coming up with a custom solution that met his needs. Jon helped us get this site off the ground, good to have him back for a guest appearance!
2003-09-05
11,048 reads
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
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