SQL Server Password Management:
Improving SQL Server password management includes thorough password testing and securing SQL Server installations beyond the main database server.
Revisit What You Know
A thought provoking article from SQL Server expert and trainer Andy Warren. As a DBA you should think about the rules and decrees you have developed over the years and revisit them for application in your current situation.
The July Car Update (2007)
Steve Jones bimonthly car update looks at driving in the UK and the differences in cars between the US and elsewhere.
AJAX Stock Symbol Drop-down List
A web look up of a huge list of stock symbols from an MS SQL database.
10 tips for sorting, grouping, and summarizing SQL data
Arranging SQL data that you can effectively analyse requires an understanding of how to use certain SQL clauses and operators. These tips will help you figure out how to build statements that will give you the results you want.
A Discount on SQL Populator
Software Development Innovations is offering SQLServerCentral.com members a 20% discount on their products with a coupon of "sqlservercentral" used in their cart.
CLR: 9 Reusable Parallel Data Structures and Algorithms
This column is less about the mechanics of a common language runtime (CLR) feature and more about how to efficiently use what you’ve got at your disposal.
SQL Server Spotlight on Len Wyatt
Project REAL was an amazing undertaking by Microsoft to put SQL Server 2005 to the test in a real environment. One of the main people working on this was Len Wyatt, who agreed to take a few minutes and share some thoughts with us.
To Wrap or Not to Wrap
It's not a string manipulation article in T-SQL, but it is SQL Server related. Check out what Steve Jones has in store for the PASS 2007 Summit for the SQLServerCentral.com community..
XML Notepad with SSMS
XML is becoming more pervasive in all of MIcrosoft's product, including SQL Server. Jay Dave brings us a short look at how one of their lesser known tools, the XML Notepad, can be used by SQL Server DBAs.
Blogs
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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