SQL Server 2005: The CLR Enters the Relational Stage
This article describes the CLR integration into the SQL Server 2005 Database Engine in detail and provides some background for answering two integration-related questions.
Formatted emails from SQL Server
Collaboration Data Objects, also called CDO, is designed to simplify writing programs that create or manipulate Internet messages. CDO for Windows 2000 is an integral part of the Windows 2000 and higher series of operating systems. It is easy to send SMTP email from SQL Server using CDOsys. It is an alternate method to SQLMail. This article illustrates how to use CDOSys to send formatted emails from Query Analyzer and SQL Server Alerts.
SQL Server 2005 - Management Utilities
A review of some other SQL Server 2005 graphical and command line programs, which should be part of the toolkit of every SQL Server 2005 database administrator and programmer.
Managing the "Surface Area" of SQL Server 2005
As every developer knows by now, Microsoft has focused renewed attention on security in recent product releases. One of the important concepts in this effort is surface area. Roughly speaking, a piece of software has a smaller surface area if there are fewer ways to attack it: fewer open ports, fewer APIs, fewer protocols, and so on. OSQL Server 2005 takes this concept to the next level by letting you explicitly manage the software's surface area.
Selecting a Web Host for your SQL Server Driven Website Part 2
Many of us have SQL Servers at work that we learn on, test with work, etc. But getting your own SQL Server for a website can be a tricky thing. Especially on a budget. Or maybe your company wants to have their website hosted. Before you spend any hard earned money, read part 2 of this two part series by Jon Reade on what to look for when setting up a SQL Server hosting company.
Program Microsoft SQL Server CE 2.0 Merge Replication Using .NET Compa
In this exercise, you will use the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE to configure merge replication, build an application user interface, subscribe to a SQL Server publication, modify and synchronize data, and resolve conflicts.
Selecting a Web Host for your SQL Server Driven Website Part 1
Many of us have SQL Servers at work that we learn on, test with work, etc. But getting your own SQL Server for a website can be a tricky thing. Especially on a budget. Or maybe your company wants to have their website hosted. Before you spend any hard earned money, read this two part series by Jon Reade on what to look for when setting up a SQL Server hosting company.
The April CTP is Here and No Beta 3
SQL Server 2005 is on everyone's mind, especially with SQL Server 2000 almost 5 years old. On Monday, April 18, Microsoft made an announcement that the April CTP was available, but there would be no Beta 3. Read Steve Jones take on this announcement as well as a few more details.
BDS SQL Digger 2 Released
Have you ever needed to find something in a stored procedure or function and found yourself trying to wade through syscomments? Ever want to know which views reference a table, but you don't trust sysdepends? BDS has released SQL Digger 2.0, a utility designed to help you search through your schema and code to find what you need.
Obtaining Query Execution Plans Through SQL Profiler Traces
Did you know that you can obtain the execution plans for your SQL Server 2000 queries using Profiler? It is an interesting concept, especially when you need to troubleshoot the queries on a system that you did not develop and cannot obtain source code for. SQL Server guru andy Dyess brings us the technique you can use to find those queries and execution plans.
Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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