10 Steps to Securing your SQL Server
Securing your SQL Server can be an arduous task, but very rewarding. This article covers 10 steps to properly protecting your data.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2003-04-03)
45,697 reads
Brian Knight
Database Standards and Conventions
Having a good set of naming conventions for your SQL Server objects is one of the most vital things to a company. In the long duration of a business, it saves money and time as programmers are transferred internally and don't need to relearn object names. As learning curves lower, cost lowers. This article covers some of the conventions that Brian Knight uses and why he uses them.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2001-05-29)
28,218 reads
Encrypting Data With the Encrypt Function
One of the major problems in the database field is when people store sensitive data unencrypted into SQL Server. This article shows you one of the most basic ways to encrypt data to the casual viewer.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2001-07-17)
34,076 reads
Help! My Database is Marked Suspect.
If your database is marked suspect, this will show you a step-by-step guide in how to fix the problem.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2004-03-31)
59,241 reads
Change Data Capture with SSIS
In this presentation, Brian Knight shows you how to use canned SSIS components to detect data changes in a source table and only load new or conditionally update changed records. He shows you two methods: one using the OLE DB command and another using a set based operation and demostrates you the performance differences between the two.
2007-01-12
2,108 reads
Overview and Installing SQL Server 2005 SP2
In this presentation Brian shows you some of the new features in SQL Server 2005 SP2. Then, he demos briefly how to install SP2 and some of the small quirks around the installation.
2007-01-11
2,926 reads
Using Excel 2007 with Analysis Services
In this presentation, you'll see how you can use Excel 2007 to view data and create quick reports against data in Analysis Services. Then, you'll see how to conditionally format the data and apply rules to the data.
2006-11-08
2,621 reads
Running and Scheduling SSIS Packages
In this presentation, Brian shows you how to run a SSIS package outside the designer environment using DTExec.exe and DTExecUI.exe. He also shows you how to schedule an SSIS package using SQL Server Agent.
2006-10-30
1,909 reads
Migrating From DTS to SSIS - Part 1
In this presentation, Brian talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of DTS migrations. Then, he shows you how to migrate a simple DTS package to SSIS and some of the challenges you will see.
2006-10-13
2,839 reads
Integrating Database Snapshots into Integration Services
Database snapshots provide a handy way to provide data integrity for Integration Services. In this presentation, Brian shows you how to create a package that can "self-heal". In the event of any problem, the database will automatically roll back to a pre-ETL snapshot.
2006-09-29
2,186 reads
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