This Friday Steve Jones asks about capital at work and does it affect the way you do business.

Storing Images and BLOB files in SQL Server Part 2

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Database Journal

BLOB Manipulation

Part two of this article focuses on using the SQL Server Binary data type to store small image files.

The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Ch. 6

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TDAN

Data Modeling

This is the sixth article in a continuing series, and this installment discusses the establishment and role of a Data Governance Council.

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by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

New Patches and releases of SQL Server code are now here!

Securing the SA Account in SQL Server 2005

by Ken Johnson

SQLServerCentral.com

Security

SQL Server 2005 has greatly changed the security paradigm for SQL Server DBAs. The sa account still exists, but for many tasks
you can now avoid using it. New author Ken Johnson brings us some ides for properly securing this highly privileged account.

New Data Types in SQL Server 2008 Part 2

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SQL Server Performance

DataTypes

In this article, we are going to explore the new HierarchyID data type. We are going to show how to implement hierarchies in SQL Server 2005 and than how same thing in can be achived in SQL Server 2008 using the HierarchyID data type.

Add Custom XML Documentation Capability To Your SQL Code

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DevX

By adding XML-based documentation capability to your SQL code, you can automatically extract and format tagged comments into a complete API documentation set for your SQL libraries.