Changing Domains for a SQL Server 2000 Failover Cluster
This step-by-step article describes the steps you must use to change domains for an existing SQL Server 2000 Failover Cluster.
Give Us Your Nightmare Vote
All the submissions for the Nightmare Contest are in, now take a moment and vote for your favorite.
Exotic use of User Defined Function
User defined functions were added in SQL Server 7 and enhanced in SQL Server 2000, but they are still a relatively little used feature. Here's a look at a unique way that Leo Peysakhovich solved a problem using a UDF.
Pie Charts in Reporting Services
Reporting Services is one of the hottest new tools that adds on to SQL Server. William Pearson continues his series on this new product with a look at how to add pie charts to your report.
Review: SQL Auditor
How solid is your SQL Server database design? Will it perform well in practice? SSW has a product, SQL Auditor, that compares your design against a number of well known design rules and gives you reports based on how well your design does. Read Mike Pearson's review of this product.
Schemas in ADO.NET 2.0
When you decide on a connection string and add a Data Connection, each Data Connection also displays a tree of information about the database objects (like tables, views, and stored procedures) visible directly through the connection. But where does this information come from? Read this article from MSDN on the new features of ADO.NET.
Review of IIS Admin Tool (No, its not a SQL article)
Win XP Pro limits users to one web site, but developers often need to be able to switch between sites when coding locally. This free tool let's you easily do just that. Why an article on an IIS tool on a SQL site? We think it might be useful to you or someone on your team, and lots of SQL developers use IIS as well.
The State Of IT
In 2004 is the IT industry expanding or contracting? Is your job secure? Steve Jones recently completed a survey and just got the results. Read this short summary of the results.
Troubleshooting and Debugging SQL Web Services Configurations
A Q&A look at the new Web Services configurations in SQL Server 2005.
The Daily Database Build
From SQLTeam's Bill Granazio, a look at how he ensures his database scripts are always working.
Blogs
AI Step 1
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Beginner’s Guide: Building a Dockerized Todo App with React, Chakra UI, and Rust for Backend
In a containerized app, React and Chakra UI provide a robust and accessible user...
A New Word: Nachlophobia
By Steve Jones
nachlophobia – n. the fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty...
Forums
SSIS package works in VS but failed in SSMS
Please help and thanks. Package:Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has...
Need a list of stored procedures that execute multiple stored procedures
Hello SSC! I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday! Apologies if...
sql query to check status change of an item
I have a table dbo.tblPresentationStatus (sql script attached - table script.txt) I have to...
Question of the Day
The Funny SELECTs
What is returned from this query?
SELECT
( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2011' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2012' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*) FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2013' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002; See possible answers