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: "It is a narrow mind that cannot see things from more than one point of view." —George Eliot
2011-07-05 (first published: 2009-05-20)
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Articles
Top 10 Index T-SQL Statements That SQL Server DBAs Should Know
Indexes speed retrieval of rows from database tables or views. Here are the top index-related T-SQL statements that SQL Server DBAs should know.
2011-07-05
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Remove HTML tags from strings using the SQL Server CLR
It is recommended that you remove all special characters and HTML formatting. This task can be handled in TSQL code, however in this case I have the opportunity to use .NET and the power of the regular expressions to manage the string. In this tip, I'll build a CLR function which cleans up a string of HTML tags and special characters. I'll use Visual Studio 2010 with C# as the programming language. Check out this tip for my solution.
2011-07-04
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SQL Server Service Broker Security
Arshad Ali examines the different types and different layers of security that SQL Server Service Broker provides during communication and while accessing Service Broker objects.
2011-07-04
1,810 reads
SQL Overview Part 1
Monitoring your SQL Server instances and figuring out what's going on is important to keep an eye on your environment. David Bird brings us a new series that looks at how you might start setting this up with Integration Services.
2011-07-01 (first published: 2008-01-07)
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SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services - FTP Task
FTP Task lets you copy files across distributed, frequently incompatible systems.
2011-07-01
3,288 reads
First Normal Form
Learn the basics of first normal form and what that means to a database designer from Tom Thomson.
2011-06-30
10,898 reads
2011-06-30 (first published: 2009-05-13)
7,312 reads
SQL Server Central Management Server Security
I have seen several tips on SQL Server Central Management Server and I want to implement the technology for my team. The only thing holding me back is security. Can you explain how security works with Central Management Server? What security access is needed to manage CMS? How about connecting to CMS? How about running a query using CMS? Check out this tip to answer these questions.
2011-06-30
2,912 reads
Identify Local Administrators on a SQL Server box using PowerShell
I want to determine who the local administrators are on each of my SQL Servers. Basically, I'd like a nightly job to run against each of my SQL Servers and produce a list of admins for each server for my review. How can I do this?
2011-06-29
2,595 reads
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