Tame Those Strings! Part 2 - Using CHARINDEX
The second part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL.
2002-05-31
15,655 reads
Articles
Auditing Your SQL Server Environment Part II Auditing Your SQL Server
In this article by Randy Dyess he shares with you the script on how he audits his environment and outputs reports of the permissions that users have.
2002-05-30
9,900 reads
DTS Resource Center Launched
SQLServerCentral.com this week launched its second Resource Centers. This time, focusing on DTS. The DTS Resource Center focuses on tracking bugs, articles and books from throughout the Internet.
2002-05-29
57 reads
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC Released
The Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Driver for JDBC™ is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides highly scalable and reliable connectivity for the enterprise Java™ environment. This driver provides JDBC access to SQL Server 2000 through any Java-enabled applet, application, or application server.
2002-05-29
3,342 reads
SQLsnake Worm Hits SQL Servers and Networks Hard
If you haven't changed the SA password on your SQL Server, you may be soon paying the price. Beginning last week, an old worm has come back in full force, infecting about 100 SQL Servers an hour. Reports of heavy port 1433 scanning began in early may but by the 22nd, the virus really began to take its hold on systems with no SA password.
2002-05-28
4,810 reads
Introduction to Stored Procedures
Here's a general overview for creating and editing stored procedures. Head over to the discussion forum for this article and present your creative ideas for using this powerful feature of SQL Server to the SSC community.
2002-05-27
19,769 reads
Maintenance Plans - Behind the Scenes
Andy did "Under the Covers" last week, what the heck will it be next week? Read this article to see how maintenance plans update statistics, rebuild indexes, and remove free space from your databases. Add your comments to the article, maybe even a suggestion or two for better titles!
2002-05-27
10,423 reads
SQL Spy 4.0 Released as Freeware
SQL Spy 4.0 is a program that lets you monitor your server real time to look for locking problems, unusual user activity or users that are using large amounts of your server resources. The program is like SQL Profiler in a tighter, easier package.
2002-05-22
145 reads
SQL Maintenance Plans - Under the Covers!
In this follow up article Andy looks at how maintenance plans report errors and how they actually accomplish what they do. A little snooping with Profiler reveals all!
2002-05-21
9,314 reads
Designing a Flexible Task Management Database
In this article by Jamie Voss, he shows the methodology he used to develop his task management database.
2002-05-20
6,361 reads
Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
By Steve Jones
One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Leading Through the Noise: Harnessing Data in the Age of Digital Overload
By Chris Yates
The New Leadership Frontier In today’s digital landscape, leaders are no longer just visionaries....
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
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taking the rcsi dive
Hi, we put together an extract that runs every 15 minutes against what i...
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers