Congratulations Frank
A Longtime SQLServerCentral.com member and a very valued member of the community has just received a great honor in our field. Take a moment to read and add your congratulations.
2005-04-08
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Press Release
BDS SQL Digger 2.0 Released
Have you ever needed to find something in a stored procedure or function and found yourself trying to wade through syscomments? Ever want to know which views reference a table, but you don't trust sysdepends? BDS has released SQL Digger 2.0, a utility designed to help you search through your schema and code to find what you need.
2005-04-05
3,808 reads
Tableau Software Debuts
With it's VizQL, Tableau Software is revolutionizing the way that you will analyze data. Built to work with multiple data sources, including SQL Server databases and Analysis Services cubes, this software will amaze you.
2005-04-04
3,531 reads
Learn SQL Server 2005 In Reading
Are you looking for a head start on learning about SQL Server 2005? Able to get to Reading in the UK in May? One of the premier SQL Server MVPs, Itzik Ben Gan, is teaching a full day seminar on Advanced T-SQL, covering both SQL Server 2000 and 2005 on May 3rd.
2005-03-31
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Beta Call - Randolph for Database Schema Control
Maintaining control of your schema with SQL Server 2000 can be cumbersome. However there are starting to be more and more tools to assist you with version control and tracking your schema over time. Nob Hill software has a tool that helps, which is currently in Beta and code named "Randolph". If you have a need, check out their new product.
2005-03-30
2,650 reads
Help Improve Yukon Setup
SQL Server 2005 is coming soon and the setup team is looking for some feedback on their process. If you can spare a few minutes for a survey, they would greatly appreciate the time. And you will be helping others avoid the problems in the Betas.
2005-03-18
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A DBXtra Discount!
SQLServerCentral.com tries to provide you a great deal of value for your subscription fees. We think we do a good job considering the $0 cost 🙂 One of the benefits we sometimes negotiate is a discount on products. DBXtra has generously offered a discount for the next few months, so read on and make your purchase today!
2005-03-11
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A New Contest!
SQLServerCentral.com is starting a new contest, one where we'll have a winner every week as long as we can find prizes. Read on and see how you can enter.
2005-03-04
3,706 reads
Australia's User Groups
The central place for Australia's SQL Server User groups and a list of their meeting times is now available.
2005-02-21
2,785 reads
eSubscriptions Are Here!!!
Last year we started a magazine, the SQL Server Standard, a publication devoted to SQL Server with articles written by you and me, people who work with the product in the real world. Now we're pleased to announce that eSubscriptions to the magazine in PDF format are now available.
2005-02-16
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Blogs
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Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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