PromptSQL - Intellisense for SQL Server

Visual Studio has spoiled me. I love the Intellisense feature that has continued to evolve with each new edition of Microsoft's...

Writing an article - don't be afraid to get started!

Writing at article for SQL Server Central tends to be a very rewarding
experience. Every chance I get, I encourage others...

New version of ADO.NET provider for MySQL is available

The following announcement came out this morning on the Annouce mailing list for MySQL:

"MySQL Connector/Net 1.0.7, a new version of...

Brief from David Litchfield about Administrator Logins to a Database Server

David Litchfield has put out a brief (as
he says it, "It's called a brief because there's enough meat to make...

Google Base

There has been some talk on Google Base on the Full Disclosure security
list. I've also seen on another blog about...

MySQL 5.0 Released

Catching back up on things. MySQL 5.0 went "RTM" at the end of October.
Haven't had a lot of chances to...

New Perl Module for SQL Server released

For those who use Perl and access SQL Server, MVP Erland Sommarskog has
announced a new module which uses OLE DB...

I love wireless!!!

I took part of today off to attend the Denver Woodworking show north of
Denver. I left early because, well, I...

Named Instances and SS2K

I saw Alex's post on installing a named instance of SS2K5 and having
issues with SS2K. I wanted to note that...

Apologies and Testing

First, apologies to the Database Daily readers. I'll include one in
next week's issue as well, but the links didn't work...