Users From Hell
A little off topic (or is it?), David needed to vent a little - something we can all appreciate. Meant to be light hearted fun, please don't take too seriously.
2004-04-19
10,843 reads
Articles
Joins Clarified
Sometimes its good to get back to basics - or to make sure you really know all the basics. This is a very good intro to all the different join types.
2004-04-16
15,476 reads
Beginning SQL Server 2000 Administration Part 1
Are you a new SQL Server administrator? A network admin or developer who got the responsibility for a SQL Server dropped on your head? Steve Jones starts a new series looking at a few of the things that you might want to know if you've never worked with SQL Server before.
2004-04-15
19,747 reads
Review of SQL2K Resource Kit
Good enough for your bookshelf? This one meets that requirement for Brian, click the link to find out why.
2004-04-13
8,905 reads
SQL Server VP Gord Mangione Moves to Security Team
According to this article Mangione will be working on security products. Paul Flessner and several other managers will take over the SQL team.
2004-04-13
69 reads
Review of SQL Sentry (Lite)
Leo reviews a new product as a follow up to his recent article about Monitoring Failed Job Steps.
2004-04-12
4,445 reads
Speed up Development on Backend and Middle Tier with SQL Scripts
This article shows some options to retrieve all the metadata you'll need to write scripts that write scripts. No, that's not a goof, this article is about code generation.
2004-04-09
8,671 reads
Restore a DTS package from a DTS Store
Probably not a task you'll have to do very often, all the better that someone has laid out how to do it in good detail!
2004-04-08
9,877 reads
Review of Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
If you are (or want to be) a power user, this book should be on your shelf. How many books have you read that have you using a debugger to step into the sql server process? James gives it a thumbs up!
2004-04-07
6,642 reads
Tame Those Strings - Using SUBSTRING
In this article by Steve Jones, he shows you how to manipulate strings.
2004-04-05
17,714 reads
Blogs
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces
I’m not trying to start up a debate whether you should use tabs or...
Forums
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
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SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
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URL Safe or Not?
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URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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