With SQL Server 2000 you are able to create databases or columns with a different collating setting than the server. This article will explain a couple of methods Greg has used to successfully change collation settings.
2002-12-30
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This free extended stored procedure can read and write to a stored text file. Perfect for writing error logs!
2002-12-24
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This article analyzes the various options available for your backup and recovery process with SQL Server 2000 as well as an enhancement to your SQL Server backup and recovery process using a highly efficient backup and restore utility that provides significant time and disk space savings called SQL LiteSpeed.
2002-12-23
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As a new DBA, you will probably walk into an environment that is poorly documented and nobody has any idea of how many SQL Servers are on the network. In the first series of articles, Haidong Ji talks about how to audit logins in your SQL Server.
2002-12-20
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A few months ago Greg Larsen ran across a big problem with SQL Server collation when querying. He shares his bruises in this quick article.
2002-12-19
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This article discusses an often-overlooked feature of SQL Server called user-defined data types.
2002-12-17
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Everyone does demos. You need them to sell your software, but the demo server presents some challenges. Continuing this series, this article looks at moving data between servers.
2002-12-13
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Andy discusses reasons why he thinks setting the default database to anything other than master is a mistake. We think he does a good job of covering the pros and cons, read the article and join the discussion!
2002-12-11
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EFS provides a mechanism for encrypting files completely transparent to higher level applications such as SQL Server. In this article by Brian Kelley, he shows you how to implement this type of security in your environment.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2002-12-09)
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In this example, we will attempt to get some statistical information on file-group utilization to assist us with IO monitoring.
2002-12-04
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