Cast Your Data
This article looks at the T-SQL CAST function and how it is used and preferred to CONVERT().
The Intel Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program
Similar to Seti@Home, Intel has a program set up to support research for several diseases including Anthrax and Alzheimer's. It's free, it's useful, and it might make a difference. Read the notes Andy has put together and then decide for yourself.
How Dynamic SQL Can Be Static SQL
This article demonstrates the flexibility of static SQL when using the CASE function in a WHERE clause, SELECT clause, ORDER BY clause, GROUP BY clause, HAVING clause, and JOIN. This is done with five examples and includes sample code you can execute on your SQL Server.
eLEarning with IMGUniversity - OLAP
Steve Jones completed an online eLearning course with IMG University that provided an introduction to the OLAP / Analysis services available with SQL Server 2000. This article examines some of his impressions from this vendor.
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Reducing Round Trips - Part 3
This week Andy continues his series on how to reduce the number of round trips to the server by looking at some things you can easily add to your applications without a lot of rearchitecting.
myLittleTools announces myLittleAdmin v1.5a
myLittleTools is proud to announce the release of myLittleAdmin for SQL Server. With version 1.5a, myLittleAdmin etablishes itself as the best web-based database administration tool for ASP developers.
Murphy's Laws of Computing
I found this on the Internet, but I think it's really my own personal list.
Middle Tier Application Data Caching with SQL Server 2000
Middle tier applications often use a single database management system (DBMS) to store data, which can expose scaling limitations as the number of user requests increases. Caching, a technique used to increase application performance by copying data and then using the copied data in place of the original data, can dramatically increase the throughput (the number of application requests serviceable per unit time) and scalability of middle tier applications.
Dynamic SQL vs. Static SQL Part 2, Code
Robert Marda continues his series on dynamic SQL and shows you how to rewrite some queries that you may think need dynamic SQL.
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Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
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