SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices Whitepaper Released

Saw this first here: SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices. It's on the blog for Microsoft UK's SQL Server Premier...

"Wet" Pet Food Recall

Animals are near and dear to my heart, to the point where I have a cat even though I am...

Windows Mobile Security

I'm working on a new article for SQL Server Central talking about physical security and SQL Server and I was...

The Great Migration

We migrated to a new set of servers tonight. Actually am for the Red Gate folks and a late, 11pm-2am...

SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Maintenance Plans - Still not fixed yet

SQL Server MVP Aaron Bertrand has posted that there is still a bug with maintenance plans for SQL Server 2005...

New Version of ApexSQL Doc (2005.11.0203)

ApexSQL announced that a new version of ApexSQL doc is available.

  News Announcement

The latest version is 2005.11.0203 and there are...

Windows 2003 SP2 is Out

Here is a list of what was fixed:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914962

Downloads are available off of the SP2 home page:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx

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Conditional formatting in Reporting Services

Yesterday's post reminded me of another interesting technique I have used to change the color of the values on a...

Using IIF in Reporting Services

I found an interesting use for the IIF function in a Reporting Services report this week. I needed to provide...

SQL Server Learning Opportunities!

There are two big SQL Server learning opportunities I want to remind you about.  First, DevTeach/SQLTeach will be held in...