2001-06-11
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Articles
Product Review: Log Explorer 2.0
Anyone that has ever forgotten a WHERE clause in an UPDATE or DELETE syntax still has the bruises. Log Explorer 2.0 has a way of reversing your mistakes by peering into the transaction log and rolling back transactions. This, week Brian Knight reviews this product.
2001-06-11
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How to Use the Windows Synchronize Manager with Pull Subscribers
If you have Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Pull subscribers can use the Windows Synchronization Manager (WSM) to synchronize with the publisher.
2001-06-11
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Using XP_FILEEXIST
XP_FILEEXIST gives you the ability to find files and directories. Find out how else you can use it in this article.
2001-06-08
20,597 reads
Creating SQL Objects on the fly with VB and XML
A method for creating databases and other objects on the fly and distribute these objects to multiple servers.
2001-06-08
1,944 reads
Speed Tips For Select Statements
This article by Neil Boyle examines techniques for speeding up your queries by writing better T-SQL.
2001-06-07
13,614 reads
Professional SQL Server 2000 DTS Review
Steve Jones reviews the premier DTS reference for SQL Server 2000.
2001-06-06
12,578 reads
SQL Server 7.0 and OLE DB Heterogeneous Queries
This article discusses queries that involve more than one database server. For example, you can run a query that returns a joined recordset where some records come from a SQL Server™ database and others come from an AS/400 machine.
2001-06-06
1,416 reads
Speedy Database Recovery with Differential Backups
Differential backups are a new feature in SQL 7 that can speed up your recovery times when restoring from database and transaction log backups.
2001-06-05
7,648 reads
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reliability
Lots of people are designing and building Microsoft Windows-based apps with previously unimagined reliability. Starbucks, GMAC, and FreeMarkets.com all have case studies demonstrating five nines. So, how are these companies able to achieve these levels of reliability?This month I am going to show you how to use standard Microsoft Windows technologies to make your Microsoft SQL Server™ app just like Denny's—“always open” and ready for business.
2001-06-05
1,660 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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