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Using XQuery to Manage XML with SQL Server 2005

XML is now becoming more widely used as wireless devices are becoming more secure, and new technologies such as XQuery for SQL Server 2005 are making it much easier to handle XML more efficiently at the server level. Jesse Smith gives you a crash course on XQuery methods and how you can use them in certain situations to retrieve and update XML data stored in your SQL Server 2005 database.

2006-05-18

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Password cracking tools for SQL Server

If you're performing a penetration test or higher-level security audit of your SQL Server systems, there's one test you must not miss. It seems obvious, but many people overlook it: SQL Server password testing. Given the inherent weaknesses compared with more secure Windows authentication, you should especially test for password flaws if you're using SQL Server authentication in mixed mode. Password testing will help you determine how easily others can break into your database and help you ensure SQL Server users are being responsible with their accounts.

2006-05-16

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Read Only Replica in SQL Server Standard

Our environment runs using SQL Server Standard. We are implementing Availability groups. Our database has been experiencing high read volumes, so I want to let the application read the Synchronized Secondary replica, as I read that HADR does this. Can we implement this?

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