Feeling his age a bit, Steve Jones asks you about yours in this Friday's poll. Where do you think you are in your career as a technologist?

The Data Access Handbook - Sample Chapter

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We have a sample chapter available from The Data Access Handbook, written by experts at DataDirect Technologies.

Overview of Native XML Web Services for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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Get an overview of how to set up and use XML Web Services using SOAP/HTTP inside SQL Server 2005 (formerly known as "Yukon"). Illustrative examples are included. To get the most from this paper, you should have a basic understanding of Web service technologies including HTTP, SOAP, and WSDL.

SQL Server UDF to pad a string

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String Manipulation

Unlike other relational database management systems that shall remain nameless, SQL Server's underlying coding language, T/SQL, does not have a built-in function for padding string values. I recently took it upon myself to create my own and as you'll see I got a little carried away

Mastering SQL Server Profiler - Part 4: Profiler Events

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The fourth module of the training course "Becoming a Profiler Master", takes a detailed look at the many events and event categories that can be collected with Profiler.

Simple Steps to Creating SSIS Package Configuration File

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Integration Services (SSIS)

This new article from Lanre Famuyide shows how to make your SSIS package deployment hassle free by using package configuration files.

The Rights for Data

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Editorial

As we develop new applications and our computers gain new capabilities, what rights do our data include? Steve Jones explores a controversy with the Amazon Kindle.

Data Degradation

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Data Quality

The other day at a conference, the subject of data degradation/corrosion arose. The speaker at the conference said that data in a database degraded or corroded over time. The statement was made as if degradation over time applied to all databases. I found this blanket statement to be misguided. Indeed, I think that data does degrade in some databases, but not all.