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Fun with Computers

The whole entertainment aspect of computing is growing tremendously and we're slowly seeing a convergence in our living rooms of computing capabilites along with entertainment. From rocker chairs with speakers to TiVo-type devices, the Nokia Internet Tablet, and XBOX 360s and Playstations that can enhance our movies.

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Collation Error 468

Most DBAs don't ever deal with multiple languages or different collation and sort order settings in SQL Server, but it can be a handy piece of information to have. Steve Jones brings us a quick look at a problem in comparing data across databases.

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Deadlock Notifications in SQL Server 2005

Deadlocks do not occur too often, but when they do, it can be a time consuming and frustrating endeavor to track them down. In SQL Server 2000, you could alter the message to ensure these were written to the error log and track them down quickly. In SQL Server 2005, it is a little more tricky, but new author Patrick Leblanc brings us a technique for sending out a notification.

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Multiple Sequence Values

How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?

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