The May SQL Server Standard
Better late than never, here's a look at the May issue of the SQL Server Standard, now available as a PDF.
2006-06-07
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SQL Server Central
May SQL Server Standard
The May issue of the SQL Server Standard is out and we're printing as you read this. This month we take a look at the Ovation Research Group.
2006-05-04
2,744 reads
A Contest from APress
Apress, one of the premier techincal publishers, is releasing quite a few titles based on SQL Server 2005. They've agreed to sponsor our Question of the Day and give away some books. Read how you can win and what they're offering.
2006-05-01
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SQL Server 2005 Logon Triggers
One thing that many people tried to implement in SQL Server 2000 is the auditing of logins. However getting this to work was a complex process. In SQL Server 2005, however, there are a few ways you can handle this and new author Frederik Vandeputte brings us a method using Service Broker for handling this.
2006-04-17
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2006-04-11
2,988 reads
SQLServerCentral.com 5 Year Anniversary
It's been 5 years that this community has been live and Steve Jones takes a short look back at the community as well as announcing a few prizes.
2006-04-10
2,986 reads
SQL Server 2000 Encryption Tools
One of our expert authors has written some encryption tools for the community to use. However as he readies an extensive series, he's looking for some testers that want to work with encryption on the SQL Server 2000 servers.
2006-03-29
8,376 reads
Help a Student
One of our community is working on a thesis for his graduate degree on the effects of outsourcing on knowledge transfer among software engineers. He's got an anonymous survey setup, so if you have a few minutes, lend a helping hand.
2006-03-28
2,688 reads
Jump Start Your SQL Server 2005 Learning
There are many changes in SQL Server with the release of SQL Server 2005, but none more telling than the client tool used to manage your servers. Check out this new e-book for learning about SQL Server 2005 Management Studio form SQLServerCentral.com.
2006-03-22
5,602 reads
SQL 2000 to SQL 2005: Where have all the old features gone?
SQL Server 2005 is out and everyone is moving to test and deploy it. However many people are still managing SQL Server 2000 instances. New author Boris Baliner brings us a few tricks to find that information you are used to from Enterprise Manager.
2007-04-27 (first published: 2006-03-16)
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Transaction Log Truncation
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