Chris Kempster (frequent contributor to the site) has released an ebook titled SQL Server 2000 for the Oracle DBA. The press release contains a brief overview of the book plus links to several reviews. Priced at $20 per copy, not bad at all!
2003-03-25
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What should SQL Server Central provide to the community in a review? Read on and give us some feedback so we can make this site better.
2003-03-24
3,514 reads
Several months ago Andy posted a 'Review of Developing Windows Based Applications for VB.Net and C#.Net' and mentioned that his company was requiring all developers to achieve the MCAD within 12 months. Read this to find out how the first exam went, how they studied, what they achieved, and their plans for taking the rest of the exams.
2003-03-21
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Lockwood Tech continues to grow it's product line! This link points to an info page provided by the vendor that highlights the capabilities of this reporting product.
2003-03-20
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This article looks at change management from the perspective of the DBA, including how to use source control to your advantage and planning for 'self-healing' apps.
2003-03-18
12,351 reads
This white paper discusses the basics of indexes, such as density and selectivity, effects of many versus few indexes, long versus short keys, covering indexes, and how the SQL Server optimizer chooses indexes
2003-03-14
2,225 reads
In this quick article by Jon Reade, he shows you how to correct an unusual error in SQL Server that may occur when you create a database.
2003-03-12
5,630 reads
This week Andy looks at where, when, and how jobs should be run and why you need to think about those items before you build the job. Part of this is deciding what runs on production servers and what doesn't.
2003-03-11
7,150 reads
The first article in a series about moving your data from one server to another. Steve Jones has some techniques he's used for upgrading hardware, replacing existing servers, or just moving to a different server.
2003-03-10
9,944 reads
The first part of this series provides a road map for a very cool application using an under-utilized companion of the SQL Server 2000 database platform.
2003-03-07
8,262 reads
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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