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Win One of 5 XBOXs!!!!

By now everyone should have heard about the PASS 2004 Summit in Orlando this September. Hopefully you are also aware that SQLServerCentral.com is one of the sponsors for this event and to make it a bit special, we're putting on a reception for everyone that registers for PASS with our promotion code. Read on to see what we've got planned!

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Into Fantasy Football? Join the SQLServerCentral.com League.

If you're into fantasy football, come waste some time with us and join our free league at Yahoo. Read the below instructions on how to join. Space is limitted in the first league to 12 teams so join quickly and the draft starts Tuesday! If it's popular, we'll create other leagues.


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How To Find SQL Server Objects

SQL Server can grow to encompass hundreds of databases on a single server, each having hundreds or thousands of objects within it. A truly scalable RDBMS. However, how many times have you been searching through the Object Browser in QA or the left pane in Enterprise Manager searching for an object? New Author Ashish Kaushal gives us a method to easily search your server for that long lost object.

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Analyzing Data Storage - Ten SHOWCONTIG Queries

Analyzing the data storage in SQL Server databases is a bit of an art. It's a skill that takes some time to develop given that the tools are rather limited. DBCC SHOWCONTIG is one of the few ways in which you can get some insight into how SQL Server has structured your table on the disk. Joe Sack brings us another of his top xxx techniques with his ten queries that you can use to analyze the results of this command.

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Review: MyLittleAdmin

SQL Server has great client side tools, Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, for working with your server and managing it. But how many times have you wished for a web interface because you didn't have VPN or didn't want to give rights to a developer. Or maybe you host clients' databases on your server and don't want one person to see another's databases. Read this review by someone who actually uses this product.

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