SqlCredit - Part 4: Schema and Procedure Security
In this month’s installment, we will add security to the existing code and add new unit tests to prove that security.
SqlCredit - Part 3: Schema/Proc Updates and Automated Unit Testing
In this month’s installment, we will discuss updates based on feedback from part 2 as well as introduce automated unit testing.
Introduction to SQL Server Everywhere
SQL Server 2005 has grown to include more versions of the platform than ever before. One of the newest is SQL Server Everywhere, now known as SQL Server Compact Edition. Jacob Sebastian brings us a great introduction for you to understand how this version disappears from the others and where it can be used.
SqlCredit - Part 2: Creating the Database, Tables, CRUD Procedures
Continuing with this series on building a database system
Part 1: Introduction, Business Problem, and Initial Design
The purpose of the SqlCredit series is to demonstrate the database design and development portion of a development project. We will build a complete, functioning, tested credit card database to illustrate the complete software development lifecycle.
SSIS Programming
Making the transition from DTS in SQL Server 2000 to SSIS in SQL Server 2005 is quite a leap as the entire paradigm of ETL development has changed. New author U. K. Padjama brings us an article that compares DTS to SSIS and shows how to get started.
Bridging the Impedance Mismatch Between Business Intelligence and Serv
Business intelligence (BI) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) have conflicting principles and needs. This article will show you how to make peace between them.
Cut development time with SQL Server 2005's synonyms
A synonym is a new object to SQL Server 2005. It is a way to give an alias to an already existing object. For example, if you have a table named SalesHistoryFromArchiveF
How to Read Raw Files in SSIS
If you've ever used SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS), you will have come across raw files. Microsoft introduced them with SSIS as a mechanism for storing data on the local file system. The design of raw files enables data to be written very quickly but, unfortunately, to achieve this performance Microsoft has used a proprietary binary storage format.
XML Workshop II - Reading values from XML variables
Continuing with his series on XML in SQL Server 2005, Jacob Sebastian brings us a number of examples on how to work with XML in different situations with SQL Server 2005.
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
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High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers