2006-12-18
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Additional Articles
CLR Inside Out
This article is meant to explore these architectural issues from the bottom up, and aims to guide you through this new world. In the long run, new programming models are likely to appear that will abstract away a lot of the challenges you will encounter.
2006-12-15
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New SQL Truncation Attacks And How To Avoid Them
In this article I will discuss some new ideas that can result in either modifying SQL statements or injecting SQL code even if the code has escaped the delimiting characters. I will start with some best practices for constructing delimited identifiers and SQL literals, and then I'll show you new ways attackers can inject SQL code in order to help you protect your applications.
2006-12-14
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Getting Started with SQL Server Integration Services
Check out SSIS, the SQL Server 2005 replacement for the older Data Transformation Services. You might find SSIS to be a great solution for automating SQL Server.
2006-12-13
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Clustering SQL Server 2005
With Windows 2003 now clustered, you're ready to begin to clustering SQL Server 2005. In this presentation, you'll see how to cluster SQL Server 2005 and some best practices in how to configure the SQL Server cluster after the fact.
2006-12-12
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Forensic Tamper Detection in SQL Server
The suggested method illustrates a way how such tampering by an authorized user can be detected. While this method doesn't provide tamper-prevention measures, but as there is no such thing as ultimate security, detection of such tampers will help maintaining the integrity of information in a great way
2006-12-12
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When Snapshot Isolation Helps and When It Hurts
The benefits of SQL Server 2005's new snapshot isolation feature are well known, but SQL Server developers also need to understand the downstream ramifications of snapshot isolation.
2006-12-11
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DBCC SHOWCONTIG Improvements in SQL Server 2005 and comparisons to SQL
This document describes the problem and the workaround in SQL Server 2000, and the solution and recommendation in SQL Server 2005.
2006-12-08
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Loading Binary Files into SQL Server Using SSIS
Binary objects like Word documents, MP3 files, or any other non-data file can be challenging to load into SQL Server. In this presentation, Brian shows you how to use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to load BLOB resume files into SQL Server by using the Import Column transform.
2006-12-08
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Survival of the Prepared: Addressing Disaster Recovery
While no disaster recovery plan provides ironclad protection, your company will be far less vulnerable to an extended business disruption from a disaster with a plan than without one.
2006-12-07
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
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