XML Workshop XXI - Generating an ATOM 1.0 Feed with FOR XML EXPLICIT
This long running, and very popular, XML series continues with a look at building an ATOM feed with SQL Server.
2008-07-16
2,693 reads
Jacob Sebastian
A Closer Look At SQL Server Compact Edition
In a followup to his article on SQL Server Everywhere, Jacob Sebastian takes a more in-depth look at the smallest platform for SQL Server, Compact Edtion.
2008-06-05 (first published: 2007-07-10)
11,356 reads
XML Workshop XX - Generating an RSS 2.0 Feed with TSQL(SQL server 2000)
SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian continues his very successful XML series with a foray into SQL Server 2000's XML capabilities for generating custom documents.
2008-06-04
4,154 reads
Web Data Adminstrator
Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.
2008-05-27 (first published: 2007-06-27)
7,577 reads
XML Workshop I - Generating XML output using FOR XML with AUTO and RAW
Quickly becoming the SQL Server XML expert, Jacob Sebastion brings us a great new article that expands upon his very popular series on XML in SQL Server. This time he examines the FOR XML PATH option, which provides additional formatting capabilities.
2008-05-22 (first published: 2007-06-20)
20,745 reads
Tracking Database Schema Changes with DbPro
Tracking changes to your development environments is important to ensure that your deployments to production go smoothly. Jacob Sebastion brings us a look at how well the Visual Studio Team System Edition for Database Professionals can help you with this task.
2008-05-19 (first published: 2007-07-25)
6,578 reads
XML Workshop XIX - Generating an ATOM 1.0 Feed
Continuing on with his amazing series on XML, SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian shows us how to use XML in SQL Server 2005 to generate an ATOM feed.
2008-05-15
3,194 reads
Passing a Table to A Stored Procedure
In the first article of a new series on T-SQL tips, Jacob Sebastian brings us a very useful technique. How to pass a table to a stored procedure so some set of rows can be operated on using some business logic.
2008-05-02 (first published: 2007-05-30)
69,550 reads
XML Workshop XVIII - Generating an RSS 2.0 Feed with TSQL
Continuing on with part 18 of his series, MVP Jacob Sebastian examines building an RSS feed in T-SQL.
2008-04-09
6,509 reads
Writing Faster T-SQL
How many times have you wished that your queries performed better? Performance Tuning is a bit of an art, but learning about new techniques and which things work help grow your knowledge. Jacob Sebastian brings us the first part of a series on writing better performing queries.
2008-03-31 (first published: 2007-05-22)
30,071 reads
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