SQL Server 2000 Indexing
What happens to SQL Server 2000 indexes over time? Fragmentation is one of the effects and Steve Jones looks at how you can work with and identity fragmentation.
Redistributing DTS with your program
Have you ever wanted to run DTS on a workstation or server that doesn't have SQL installed? Here's the items you need to move to make it happen.
InfoPath 2003 - Part 3
Continuing his series on SQL Server and InfoPath 2003, the new reporting tool that has been added to Office. This time Dinesh looks at a practical application using expense entry along with some more features of this new tool.
Radio Buttons for Reporting Services Reports
This article will detail a way to display radio buttons in your reports. Radio buttons are commonly used in surveys for things such as displaying a selected ranking from 1 to 10 or from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree.
Extracting a String Within Delimeters - Part 2
T-SQL can be a complex language to work within and code solutions with. Author Stephen Lasham brings us a twist on his last solution of extracting a string from within another string. Read about his method of working with strings in T-SQL.
SQL Server 2000 Security - Part 10 - Auditing
A basic look at various ways in which you can perform some server auditing with SQL Server 2000.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1
The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer has been updated to work with Windows XP SP2. If you use this tool be sure that you get the update to work with new patches and vulnerabilities.
Sending SQL Notifications with CDOSYS
SQL Server has a nice alert system, but SQLMail leaves something to be desired. New author Desiree Harris, from hosting provider Orcsweb, looks at an alternative method for sending alerts using an SMTP server and without requiring Outlook to be installed.
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.
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