The Web Data Administrator is a utility program implemented in ASP.NET that enables you to easily manage your SQL Server data wherever you are. Using its built-in features, you can do the following from Internet Explorer or your favorite Web browser.
In this article by Mattias Fagerlund, he shows you how he employs strict database naming standards and conventions to make his job easier.
Often times, a DBA is asked by clients to document their entire server. This usually includes jobs, database objects and DTS packages. What an utterly boring task it is for a DBA to document the properties of each column, table, and database. FMS's new Total SQL Analyzer to the rescue, freeing up time for people who are tired of creating mountains of documentation.
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The OLE DB Simple provider for XML (XML OSP) can be used to load the hierarchical data that is in an XML document into a read-only ADO recordset. The data can then be read and accessed by using the standard methods of the ADO Recordset object. The XML OSP can be used to provide a different method for working with data that is contained in XML documents.
In three previous articles Andy has done a very basic introduction to the ADO connection, command, and recordset objects. In this wrap up article he talks about how to use the power of ADO client side filtering and disconnected recordsets, then adds some code which shows how to combine all the objects. ADO is not simple, but Andy has done a good job in limiting his dicussion to the things you REALLY need to know about ADO to get started.
This document introduces the new security features of Microsoft SQL Server 2000. New features are outlined, and a detailed discussion is provided about how to best implement security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain environment. Source code examples are included for developers who want to implement the security model immediately.
Here we go again! Microsoft has released service pack 2 this week, which is much more tame than service pack 1. Read the summary of this service pack here.
One of the strengths of SQL Server is its ease of management and administration over other systems. Oracle, DB2, even early versions of SQL Server required command line mastery to make many types of changes. But should you really be using the GUI for most of your tasks?
This past week, a worm virus began to attack SQL Servers on the internet that hold a blank password. Read some of the details about what this virus can do here.
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