Aladdin is an "alter table" script generation tool for SQL Server 7/2000.
Aladdin is currently in BETA. They are currently looking for for 25 people willing to use the beta product and report their experiences. Users who fully participate in the beta will get a free, single user license when the product is released. To participate in the Aladdin BETA program, please download the software and send an email to Ken Otto: ottosoft@hotmail.com - Subject: Aladdin Beta Test.

Migrating Logins To Another Server

by Gregory Larsen

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

Migrating your logins can be done the easy way or the hard way. Greg shows you one way - care to guess which way?!

Storage Performance Council

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ASPToday

The Storage Performance Council (SPC) is a non-profit corporation founded to define, standardize, and promote storage subsystem benchmarks as well as to disseminate objective, verifiable performance data to the computer industry and its customers.

Where Do I Want To Go Today? - Rich Data Types

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Where should SQL Server go in the future? What enhancements are needed? Steve Jones continues to explore his wish list for future versions of SQL Server.

Log Navigator Database Auditor Released

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ApexSQL

Monitoring

Log Navigator 1.0, a passive SQL auditing system that uses the SQL Server transaction log, instead of triggers, to audit data changes has been released.

Office Design - This is the way to do it!

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ASPToday

The Lighter Side

Another article by Joel Spolsky, this one discusses how and why he designed new office space for his development team. Maybe a little over the top, but we think he has the right idea.

Upgrading from Erwin to Embarcadero?

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ASPToday

Unknown

Embarcadero is offering a 40% discount off the retail price if you upgrade from Erwin before Sep 30, 2003. Follow the link for details (subject to change!).

Full-Text Indexing Tips

by Jon Winer

SQLServerCentral.com

Miscellaneous

This article by Jon Winer offers some tips to help you get the most of SQL Full Text Search.

Free SQL Functions & Stuff!

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Other

Wingenious is offering a free download of some add-in code you may find very useful! It's a subset of their DBAction product (which they you'll look at as well), but the free code is worth a look.

Using sp_addalias

by Andy Warren

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

SP_addalias isn't a well known stored procedure to most DBA's - do you know what it does? In what situations you might use it? This short article gives very quick and clean answers to both of those questions.

New Table Structure Compare Tool in Beta

Migrating Logins To Another Server

Storage Performance Council

Where Do I Want To Go Today? - Rich Data Types

Log Navigator Database Auditor Released

Office Design - This is the way to do it!

Upgrading from Erwin to Embarcadero?

Full-Text Indexing Tips

Free SQL Functions & Stuff!

Using sp_addalias

Blogs

Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator

Advice I Like: Rewards from Work

Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption

Forums

Removing TDE

Poor Names

The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI

Question of the Day

Removing TDE