Serve SQL Data in XML Format
Ivan Pepelnjak describes a few ways to extract data from SQL databases and serve it to an AJAX application running in a web browser.
Data Ownership
Who owns the data that we generate ourselves? It's not as easy to answer that as you think.
Login creation in SQL Server 2005 for SQL Server Authentication Mode
Its a graphical representation of login creation in SQL Server 2005 for SQL Server Authentication Mode.
Usages of CONTEXT_INFO
How many of you have ever used SET CONTEXT_INFO in your SQL Server applications? Chances are it is not something you have been exposed to, but new author Yousef Ekhtiari brings us an example of how this particular construct can be used in your application.
RAID Scaling Charts, Part 2: RAID 5 And RAID 6
For our RAID tests, we once again use Samsung HM321KJ SATA/300 drives. This time, we benchmarked RAID 5 and RAID 6 setups with three to eight hard drives.
Using the DATE data type in SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008 we get a new DATE date type that allows you to store a date without a time.
Better Licensing
Licensing SQL Server used to be easy and could be again, though it is still better than licensing Oracle.
Toward Integrity Part 3
An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
RAID Scaling Charts, Part 1
Most enthusiast and mainstream users would consider setting up a RAID array mainly for performance reasons - few really care about data safety. For this reason, the majority of arrays installed consists of only two drives, which run a simple RAID 0 stripe set. Haven't you ever asked yourself how these RAID arrays scale as you increase the number of hard drives?
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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