Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Accessing Database Data
This article shows how to use the SqlDataSource and AccessDataSource controls to query data from a relational database.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 4 - Surface Area Configration
This article demonstrates how you can use Surface Area Configuration utility in order to modify some of the security-related settings that have been applied during installation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
SQL 2005 Symmetric Encryption
One of the more interesting new features with SQL Server 2005 is the native encryption built into the product. Expert SQL crpytographer, Michael Coles, brings us a look at the symmetric keys in SQL Server 2005 and how they can be used to encrypt data and be secured by a certificate.
Ten Reasons to Attend the PASS Summit
Not the ones you think, but all good reasons to come to Denver. Read on for a bit of humor and find out how to come to the SQLServerCentral.com party!
SQL Agent - A Job Scheduler Framework
An easy to use .NET solution for Job Scheduling, with pluggable actions, that runs on a Windows Service. Backup your SQL Server Express and much more!
SqlCredit Part 6: Exploring EncryptByCert and DecryptByCert
SQL Server 2005 includes support for encrypting and decrypting data for storage using EncryptByCert. Let’s look at how to implement this in the SqlCredit database.
Getting Random Results
One common need that DBAs run into is building a report that returns data in some random order. Especially if you're doing some type of contest, like giving something away at your User Group meeting. Andy Warren brings us a short article on this with a look at the performance impact of randomly ordering results.
13 disasters for production web sites and their solutions
Learn about 13 production disasters that can bring down your business
Building Wiki Web Sites with ASP.NET and SQL Server
You can easily build Wiki Web sites with ASP.NET and SQL Server and provide your teams with one of the most powerful ways of collaborating on the Web.
XML Workshop V - Reading Values from XML Columns
Continuing on with his series on XML in SQL Server 2005, Jacob Sebastian brings us more examples on how to delve into the values of XML data.
Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
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Learning Tool – Deepstash
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A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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Getting Database MaiL Profiles
If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?
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