Document Your Tables with SchemaToDoc
This application will convert your schema into a standard Word document. Try before you buy, they have two versions - both under $200.
2003-01-23
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Additional Articles
Auditing Your SQL Server Environment Part I
This article is the first of a series that I plan on writing and placing on my website to help other DBAs in auditing a new SQL Server environment. This article deals with determing which SQL Server logins have weak passwords, with the definition of weak being, no password, password the same as the login name or having a password of only one character.The stored procedure used for this article is embedded in the article and it has been submitted as a independent script named spAuditPasswords.
2003-01-21
66 reads
Interview with David Gugick, SQL Server Performance Expert
David Gugick, SQL Server performance expert and software developer, provides over 100 tips on how to boost SQL Server performance.
2003-01-17
88 reads
Defend Your Code with Top Ten Security Tips Every Developer Must Know
Microsoft tells us why it's so important to defend your code against malicious attacks.
2003-01-10
243 reads
How to globally search and replace data in SQL Server databases?
This article provides you with a simple stored procedure, that can search all the columns of all the tables in the current database, and replace a given search string with another string.
2002-12-31
1,269 reads
How to pass a list/array to an SQL Server stored procedure?
Unfortunately, there is no built-in support for arrays in SQL Server's T-SQL. This article provides 5 different techniques to simulate arrays in T-SQL, with working examples. It also provides you with links to additional information and books.
2002-12-27
82 reads
forceSQL - Free SQL Password Auditing Tool
forceSQL v2.0 is a much improved version of our SQL Password command-line tool. It now incorporates Brute Force in addition to Dictionary attacks. It works significantly faster because it now bypassess the SQL/ODBC API and directly goes to the network.
A free download and a much more detailed description is available at http://www.nii.co.in/tools.html
2002-12-23
48 reads
Best SoftTool Announces SQLSourceSafe 2.0
Best SoftTool, Inc. today announces that its flagship product SQLSourceSafe 2.0 is available for download and purchase. SQLSourceSafe is the integrated solution that Best SoftTool provides to meet the mounting market demand for a solid version control system for SQL Server database development. SQLSourceSafe integrates Microsoft Visual SourceSafe® and Microsoft SQL Server® together, offers robust and advanced version control functions to database scripts in SQL Server.
2002-11-18
59 reads
SQL Server Product Support Life Cycle
Microsoft has formally clarified the support life cycles for it's products. See where your products fall in and be sure to plan for upgrades.
2002-10-30
3,333 reads
Freeware SQLExecMS Updated
Laplas Soft has updated its ever popular freeware SQLExecMS. SQLExecMS makes a DBAs and developers life so much easier by building in a number of common untilites. You can download it free if you're a SQLServerCentral.com member!
2002-10-04
161 reads
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