Part 3 of Steve Jones' series on beginning SQL Server from the perspective of a system administrator or someone not used to working with SQL Server. If you've been designated the new administrator, take a look at this series for some help in coming up to speed on this product. This article looks at logins and basic security.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2004-09-02)
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A look at coding standards in SQL Server. The first part of this series deals with object naming standards.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-05-09)
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I saw a very interesting post about estimating software from Steve McConnell, of Code Complete fame. He compared his estimate...
2007-10-02
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We crossed the 500,000 member mark last week and we're looking to give away some prizes!
2007-10-02
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Query Analyzer is a great tool for developing SQL code. There are a number of little tricks that can greatly increase the amount of work you can do with very little effort. This article starts looking at some of the features of this tool.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2003-01-07)
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Steve Jones has been working with SQL Server for 10 years. Join him for a stroll down memory lane.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-05-23)
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One of the things mentioned in a keynote at the recent PASS conference was the idea that SQL Server 2008 would be a seamless upgrade. Or maybe I misunderstood and it will seem less like an upgrade 🙂
2007-10-02
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I have always read that 8060 bytes is the maximum size. This is stated over and over again in Books Online, the MS site and numerous other sites, including this one. However a post in our forum recently questioned this. I decided to verify the problem and do a little research.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2002-02-07)
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2007-10-02
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The Sarbanes-Oxley act has become a four letter word to many IT people in the US. Thankfully I only had to deal with it for about 9 months before I left to go work on my own, but it was a long 9 months. Especially since I did half the work with JD Edwards and then did it again with Peoplesoft 🙁
2007-10-01
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
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I’ve uploaded the slides for my Techorama session Microsoft Fabric for Dummies and my...
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