In the Trenches: Getting the Most Out of SQL Server

This e-seminar will discuss how Quest's performance diagnostic solutions for SQL Server can help you get the most out of your database. Learn, through real-world scenarios, how to increase database performance and ensure optimal availability of your SQL Server environment. This free e-seminar will teach you how to:

* Proactively diagnose and resolve bottlenecks
* Ensure high levels of performance and availability
* Maintain SLAs

Using DTS to Detect and Process a File

This article shows how to use a DTS package to detect a file. After the detection of the file the processing of the file can be completed. This code in the .DONE processing section uses the Wscript.Shell command to unzip a file.

Ansi Options Part 1 - ANSI_PADDING

The behavior of SQL Server is influenced in many ways by the various settings and options available. This series will examine some of the ANSI options that can be set and changed in SQL Server.

Reader's Choice Award Winners Announced

Thanks to the more than 1,300 people that voted in the 2002 SQLserverCentral.com Reader's Choice Awards. Now that the voting is complete, find out who you voted to be the best SQL Server product and book.

Red Gate Releases New Version of SQL Compare

Red Gate Software has released a new and improved version of SQL Compare, a simple $195 software tool for comparing and synchronizing SQL 7 and SQL 2000 database structure and contents.

How 11GB of SQL Server Data Mysteriously Disappeared

What would you do if your SQL Server database mysteriously lost 11GB of data? Find out what happened to me. This story has a happy ending.

Review of Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

It's not a SQL book and the code examples are in Java, but there is a lot to like about this book. What is refactoring? How would you find it useful? Read the review to find out!

Querying Responses

Binary data can be stored as integers in a table. This article explains how to query an integer field to return the bits represented by the integer.

Storing Checkbox Responses as Integers

This article demonstrates how to store checkbox results as integers in a database...perfect for surveys!

The Case for SQL Logins - Part 1

Andy says Windows Authentication "is bad". What? That's not what Microsoft says! Heck, that's not even what we say! Everyone knows NT authentication is the way to go. Then again, when was the last time Andy wrote an article that wasn't worth reading?! Read the article, rate it and add a comment - and automatically be entered in a drawing for a copy of SQL Server 2000 Performance Tuning donated by Microsoft Press.