Free Utility : EnforcePass
These sets of scripts will add minimum password enforcement when a login is created or its password changes.
2003-02-14
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Additional Articles
VSLive Interview with Tom Rizzo and David Campbell
An interview where they discuss their data strategy and integration with Visual Studio .Net
2003-02-12
3,288 reads
What's ROI Got to Do With It?
This article by Simon Galbraith (from Red-Gate Software, one of our valued advertisers!) in .Net Magazine talks about how to calculate ROI when evaluating software purchases.
2003-02-03
1,058 reads
Freeware: Terminator Opens Gigabyte Files Easily
Ever tried to open 1 Gig ASCII file with Notepad? WordPad? Do you remember ASCII codes of Tab and Carriage Return? Enter Terminator; huge ASCII file viewer and BCP helper. Terminator reads top 10 (and more if asked) records of ASCII file of any size. It detects record terminators and calculates current cursor position (field offset) and length of selected area (field length). Best of all, it's free!
2003-01-29
119 reads
How to move SQL Server from one computer to another?
Moving SQL Server from one computer to another is not a very difficult thing to do, but it often stumps newbie DBAs. Of course, it needs careful planning to ensure that the SQL Server is moved completely and properly to the new machine, and with a minimal downtime and no data loss. This article introduces you to a couple of methods you can employ to move/migrate SQL Server from one computer to another.
2003-01-24
107 reads
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
623 reads
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
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