Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2000
A new T-SQL Bible that is a must have for SQL Server DBAs. Read a review of this book.
2002-01-23
14,672 reads
Articles
WebCast: Visual Studio .Net-Technical Overview
At this session, a Microsoft Visual Studio.NET product manager will provide a technical overview of the forthcoming innovations of Visual Studio .NET. January 24, 2002 - 8:00 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. Pacific /11:00 A.M. Eastern
2002-01-23
3,309 reads
Win an IPAQ from RedGate and SQLServerCentral.com
RedGate Software and SQLServerCentral.com will be at the PASS in January giving away an IPAQ. Be the biggest geek in your office! If you can't make it to PASS to see us, enter electronically here.
2002-01-21
31 reads
XML Data Solutions
This sample is provided in conjunction with the MSDN Magazine article, "SQL Server 2000 and XML: Developing XML-Enabled Data Solutions for the Web." This article presents and compares five data access approaches, using a variety of technologies including ASP and ADO, XSLT, and DirectXML. Once built, the solutions are compared on the basis of their speed and efficiency.
2002-01-18
2,982 reads
How does the Identity property work?
If you are like most DBAs, you have probably implemented some type of hash function for some of your tables at one time or another. This article takes a look behind the scenes as to how the Identity property works.
2002-01-17
6,549 reads
Review of SQL Comparison and Synchronization Toolkit
This week Andy takes a look at a new product from Red-Gate that gives you even more options than you get with their SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare tools - now you can build your own. Add the features you always wanted. Build automated processes instead of using the GUI. It's an interesting product - read the review and then maybe even enter the contest to win a free copy.
2002-01-16
5,466 reads
Enable Database Access and Updates Through Exchange Any Email Client
The application scenario described here, an e-mail-based SQL update program, uses a simple data model; however, this solution will apply to any data model that you are working with. It will also eliminate the need for complex n-tier Internet applications and serves as a low maintenance solution for providing data access.
2002-01-15
1,177 reads
2002-01-11
3,470 reads
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Scalability Project
This white paper is a joint effort by Microsoft and Dell to demonstrate the scalability of SQL Server 2000 and Dell hardware.
2002-01-10
1,274 reads
Information Schema Views
SQL Server DBAs are often curious about the inner-workings of SQL Server. Indeed, it can save your job during disasters to know what's going on inside SQL Server. This article shows you how to use some of the SQL Server internal views to view some meta data about your servers.
2002-01-09
17,612 reads
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Negative and Positive Numbers
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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