SQL Server 2008 Launch Date
Yesterday at it's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced the launch date for SQL Server 2008 along with Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.
Notification Services in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server Notification Services is used for developing and deploying applications that generate and send notifications. Notifications are personalized messages sent to a device that subscribes to them.
Using CLR Integration in SQL 05 for Writing Stored Procedures
With SQL 2005 you can harness the power of a higher-level language to not only do more with stored procedures, but also save time by already knowing a popular .NET language.
Real-Time Ambition: Reaching the Potential of Event Processing
Complex event processing (CEP) software delivers on the promise of real-time insight, but is the technology too green for mainstream success? CEP was once available only to big financial institutions and government agencies that could afford custom development projects. That's no longer the case, as off-the-shelf products and implementations have proliferated.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 1
Marcin Policht offers an overview of choices offered in the SQL Server 2005 product line, as an introduction to a new series on the Express edition.
Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You
This article discusses: How SQL injection attacks work, Testing for vulnerabilities, Validating user input, and more.
Pop Rivett and the Expanding Log
When your database transaction log is out of control, there is only one man who can tame it.
XML not boring! New workbench
Robyn Page and Phil Factor almost dispel the myth that XML is boring, with their radical new SQL Server XML workbench.
Certification Rumors and Tips
Should you get certified? How should you do it? Brandie Tarvin brings us some tips on what might work and dispels some of the myths and rumors about certification.
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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