Free As In Speech

The online world is full of content that is free, as in beer, but not free as in speech. Steve Jones talks about some guidelines for developing your own content.

SQL Server 2005 - Data Definition Language Triggers

One of the many new features that have been added to SQL Server 2005 is DDL triggers. We use DML triggers in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, which executes a bunch of SQL statements or procedures whenever an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement is executed and limited to a table or view object.

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You

This article discusses:

* How SQL injection attacks work
* Testing for vulnerabilities
* Validating user input
* Using .NET features to prevent attacks
* Importance of handling exceptions

Deduping Data in SQL Server 2005

One of the neatest T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2005 is the ROW_NUMBER() function. New author Charles Hawkins brings us an explanation of how you can use this function along with a Common Table Expression to remove duplicate data.

The Myth of Bandwidth and Application Performance

This whitepaper is intended to shed light on the issues affecting application performance in the wide area, and to give IT managers the knowledge required to design strategic enterprise application acceleration and deployment solutions

Practical Uses of PatIndex

String manipulation is not one of the strong points of T-SQL, but there are some functions that can greatly assist you with searching and working with character values. New author Robert Davis brings us a look at PATINDEX, one of the search functions and also explains the differences between it and the often used CHARINDEX.

A case for canned SQL

Should you use dynamic or static SQL in your SQL Server application? This is a hotly debated topic and Arthur Fuller brings his thoughts to this debate.

Survival tips for PowerPoint

there are occasions in all of our working lives when sitting through a PowerPoint presentation is inevitable. Fortunately, there are techniques for feigning interest, many of which have developed over hundreds of years. All you need is a handful of like-minded colleagues with a sporting attitude

Exception Handling in SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2005 brings us a number of enhancements, but the most important to T-SQL developers may be the changes to error and exception handling. The addition of the TRY CATCH structure is an important change and Raj Vasant brings us a look at this enhancement.

Implementing Row- and Cell-Level Security in Classified Databases Usin

This paper describes how SQL Server 2005 can be used to support row- and cell-level security (RLS/CLS). The examples provided in this white paper show how RLS and CLS can be used to meet classified database security requirements.