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Auto-Audit 2.0 Release Announcement

LockwoodTech announces release of Auto-Audit 2.0, an entirely redesigned upgrade to it's popular SQL Auditing tool. Version 2.0 supports plug-in, customized audit architectures, scriptable trigger templates, a trigger and data management module, real data reports, and online analysis of audit data with grouping analysis.

2002-06-04

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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.

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2002-05-29

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SQLServerCentral Article

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.

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2002-05-28

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SQLServerCentral Article

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!

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2002-05-27

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Question of the Day

Using CHOOSE()

We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.

CREATE TABLE Status
(
    StatusID INT,
    StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
    StatusID,
    StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');

GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned?

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