Sync Your Database to SharePoint Using SSIS
Discover how to import and export SharePoint list items using SQL Server Integration Services and the new Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML).
Server Side Paging With SQL Server 2005
One of the more common requests of an application working with SQL Server is to deal with pages, or sections, or data rather than an entire result set. Often an application retreives the entire result set and then only shows the user a few records, repeating the process with the next page. Regular columnist Jacob Sebastian brings us a more efficient method of implementing paging in SQL Server 2005.
Agile on a Fixed Budget
Scott examines strategies for dealing with constraints that business stakeholders may put on software development teams.
Getting Small: Building Lightweight Web Applications with Small-Footpr
Not every application needs a full-featured enterprise-scale database. In such cases, you can reduce costs and save resources by using a small-footprint database.
Enums in SQL Server
SQL Server MVP Simon Sabin brings us a very interesting article on a possibilltyfor using enumerated values instead of integer or other coded foreign keys. It is an interesting idea that could go a long way towards making code easier to read.
SqlCredit Part 7: Performance Impact of EncryptByCert and DecryptByCer
Part 7 of our "Developing a Complete SQL Server OLTP Database Project" discusses performance issues resulting from using EncryptByCert and DecryptByCert. Read the article and download the code to run the test yourself.
Using DDL Triggers in SQL Server 2005 to Capture Schema Changes
This article shows how to use DDL triggers to capture schema changes. This solutions works a little differently than most DDL triggers examples. This script captures the old object that was replaced.
SQLBits Community Day
If you're in the UK in October, you might want to sign up for the SQLBits Community day put on by MVP Simon Sabin.
The SQL Internals Viewer
Danny Gould has written a very interesting piece of software that gives you a view into the storage of your data inside SQL Server. And it's FREE!!! He brings us a description of this software in this short article.
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.
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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