SQLServerCentral.com Launches its New Contest!

Is your budget tight this year? Be the user who enriches the SQL Server community the most and receive the top prize of a full version of Lumigent's Log Explorer (a $995 value!). You could also win an Apress prize pack or a T-SQL Solutions subscription. Any SQLServerCentral.com user who helps to build the SQL Server community by submitting a script, posting in the forum or posting an original FAQ is eligible.

SQL Server Encryption Best and Worst Practices

In this article by Neil Weicher, he talks about encryption of data and files for SQL Server.

BizTalk and XML: Add E-Commerce to Your App with XML and SQL Server

XML support in SQL Server lives up to the hype that's always surrounded XML. Using SQL Server 2000, you can send queries over HTTP, save XML records to the database, and retrieve records via XML. This article shows how you can take advantage of these features in SQL Server 2000 by building a database entry system that keeps track of sales and customer information.

How to Setup Log Shipping with SQL 2000

This white paper outlines the following:

-The steps to configure Log Shipping between two or more servers that are running SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.

-The steps to configure Log Shipping between Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2), or later, and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.

-A brief comparison between Log Shipping and the other high availability-solutions that SQL Server provides.

Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2000

A new T-SQL Bible that is a must have for SQL Server DBAs. Read a review of this book.

WebCast: Visual Studio .Net-Technical Overview

At this session, a Microsoft Visual Studio.NET product manager will provide a technical overview of the forthcoming innovations of Visual Studio .NET. January 24, 2002 - 8:00 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. Pacific /11:00 A.M. Eastern

Win an IPAQ from RedGate and SQLServerCentral.com

RedGate Software and SQLServerCentral.com will be at the PASS in January giving away an IPAQ. Be the biggest geek in your office! If you can't make it to PASS to see us, enter electronically here.

XML Data Solutions

This sample is provided in conjunction with the MSDN Magazine article, "SQL Server 2000 and XML: Developing XML-Enabled Data Solutions for the Web." This article presents and compares five data access approaches, using a variety of technologies including ASP and ADO, XSLT, and DirectXML. Once built, the solutions are compared on the basis of their speed and efficiency.

How does the Identity property work?

If you are like most DBAs, you have probably implemented some type of hash function for some of your tables at one time or another. This article takes a look behind the scenes as to how the Identity property works.

Review of SQL Comparison and Synchronization Toolkit

This week Andy takes a look at a new product from Red-Gate that gives you even more options than you get with their SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare tools - now you can build your own. Add the features you always wanted. Build automated processes instead of using the GUI. It's an interesting product - read the review and then maybe even enter the contest to win a free copy.