On February 24th, 2005, Microsoft announced the new editions and pricing of SQL Server 2005. There have been quite a few changes and MVP Brian Knight has put down a comparison as well as details about which features are included with each. Read about the 4 new additions and see which one might be right for your next project.
Mindy explores the metadata stored in SQL 2000 to show you how to produce a simple and useful data dictionary!
Building robust functionality with maximum re-use of existing infrastructure and investment with little or no development is the goal for many businesses. This article is about using SQL Server DTS packages to achieve this goal. With minimum development, all the functionality required for data imports can be achieved with DTS programming in SQL Server.
Data cleansing is something that constantly occurs in all RDBMSes, not just SQL Server. However it's easier on some platforms than others. New Author Sureshkumar Ramakrishnan has written a script that shows how you can easily remove duplicate rows in SQL Server. Read about his technique and see if it might come in handy in your environment..
The SQL Server tools are top notch and often other platforms attempt to duplicate their handiness. Enterprise Manager is one that every DBA uses and it can perform a myriad of functions to configure your server. Read this new article by Dale Elizabeth Corey that looks that the wide range of items in the Configuration Properties of this tool.
When transferring a database to a new server, you are bound to experience a user problem. In this article by Neil Boyle, he shows you how to transfer passwords and accounts seamlessly to a new server.
Another article from our own Chris Hedgate! This one looks at the different types of fragmentation that can exist inside your SQL Server and some ways you can go about minimizing them.
We crossed the 500,000 member mark last week and we're looking to give away some prizes!
New Author! And long time reader - Jeffrey was site member #712, almost 3 years and 130,000 members ago! This article describes the skills needed to progress from junior to intermediate to senior DBA.
Robert is our expert on dynamic sql. This week he offers some good hints for planning the contruction of a proc that will use dynamic sql. He also adds some suggestions on how to format the code so that when you return to it later, you can figure out what you were doing!
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