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check rerun status of failed/cancelled jobs

There are times when you have mulitple job failures and need to find out in a quick way which jobs/steps failed and what their rerun statuses are.  This script creates a stored procedure in the msdb db to help you find out the statuses of these jobs.

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2004-10-12 (first published: )

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SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Financial Reporting

The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Financial Reporting is a set of six Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a sample financial database called FinSampleDB.

With the Report Pack, you have the choice of using the sample reports either as-is or as templates for designing new reports using the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer.

2004-10-11

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SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft Exchange

The SQL Server 2000 Report Pack for Microsoft Exchange is a set of 13 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services reports that work with a Microsoft Exchange sample reporting database.

With the Report Pack, you have the choice of using the sample reports either as-is or as templates for designing new reports using the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Designer.

2004-10-08

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Optimized ADO.NET

This article contains guidelines compiled by examining the .NET implementations of shipping .NET applications and analyzing the common performance mistakes that we found. The guidelines discuss selecting .NET objects and methods, designing .NET applications, retrieving data, and updating data.

2004-10-06

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