Quarter of a Century Competition on P2P
P2P, the programmer's resource centre from Wrox Press, reached a milestone of 25,000 subscribers this week. To celebrate this fact, Wrox are giving away $1000 worth of books and ASPToday subscriptions in a free prize draw. For more details on how to enter, please visit: http://p2p.wrox.com/25k.asp. The draw will be made on July 16th.
SQL Server 2000 Trigger Enhancements
This article by Neil Boyle looks at the enhancements to triggers that SQL Server 2000 brings.
The Software Conspiracy
This book discusses some of the issues that exist today in software. A good read for anyone developing software.
Using Stored Procedures in SQL Server
If you’re a programmer, you know that SQL is becoming more and more prevalent. Here’s a guide to one of its basic building blocks the stored procedure.
Career Advice for DBAs
Looking to advance your career? Trying to get started as a DBA? Some advice from a DBA with ten years working with SQL Server
FAQ : Why can't I see my text field's data when using ADO?
In this FAQ of the week, you'll see one of the most common bugs that programmers run into when programming using ADO against a SQL Server.
Taming the Stateless Beast: Managing Session State
Running a Web farm means managing session state across servers. Since session state can't be shared across a Web farm with Internet Information Services 5.0, a custom solution is required. One such solution using a tool called the session manager is described here.
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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