A Review of Typhon III
Maintaining SQL Server security is fast becoming a big part of a SQL Server DBA's job. Longtime security expert Brian Kelley takes a
look at a security scanner: Typhon III
2007-02-05
5,755 reads
Articles
Using Fuzzy Lookup Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services
This article shows how the Fuzzy Lookup Transformation in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) can be used to make matches.
2007-02-02
2,938 reads
Product Review: SQL Refactor
Danny Lesandrini reviews SQL Refactor, a SQL Server Add-In that works with the new SQL Server Management Studio.
2007-02-01
2,964 reads
SQL Server Spotlight on Bob Dorr
We continue with our look at the people behind SQL Server with a very interesting interview from one of the senior support
engineers, Bob Dorr.
2007-01-31
4,789 reads
SQL Server 2005 Command Line Tool "SQLCMD" – Part I
This series will illustrate the various ways of using the SQL Server 2005 command line utility “SQLCMD”.
2007-01-31
2,990 reads
Introduction to message-based applications in SQL Server 2005
Tim Chapman discusses the concept of message-based applications, and the new foundation for building these applications included in SQL Server 2005.
2007-01-30
2,733 reads
Using Indexed Computed Columns to Improve Performance
I recently read a blog post on doing case-insensitive text searches on SQL Server 2005. The post said that an index on a computed column might be used even if the computed column itself wasn't used in the WHERE clause. I was curious to test that and see how far I might take it.
2007-01-29
3,398 reads
Maximum Capacity Specifications in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005, the next evolution of SQL Server, should be growing the capacities as well as the capabilities of the product. With some research, Steve Jones brings you the best current information he could find about SQL Server 2005, comared with the SQL Server 7 and 2000 values.
2007-01-26 (first published: 2004-11-01)
41,907 reads
Regular Expression Based Token Replacement in ASP.NET
Damon Armstrong presents an extremely powerful and flexible token replacement mechanism for your ASP.NET applications. It is based on regular expressions so allows you to search for dynamic text, instead of just a static token, in a given string.
2007-01-26
2,182 reads
Building a Distributed Service Broker Application
Service Broker is one of the more interesting and useful new enhancements in SQL Server 2005, however many DBAs are not familiar with this subsystem. New author Santhi Indukuri brings us a practical example of how you can build a distributed application using Service Broker.
2007-01-25
18,946 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
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Encoding Strings
I have this code in SQL Server 2025. What is the result?
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