SQL Server authentication relies on the internal user list maintained by the SQL Server computer. This list does not include Windows NT users, and is specific to the SQL Server computer. Users are created and configured using the SQL Server Enterprise Manager. To use this authentication method, perf
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Magazines Announce Best of Show Awards
Penton Media announced that Winternals Software LP’s ERD Commander 2002 won Best Overall Product in the Windows & .NET Magazine and SQL Server Magazine Best of Show Awards at Microsoft TechEd 2002.
SQL In Simple English
by Kiran Pai – I have found that many articles found on the net are good and detailed but they are not really friendly to novice programmers.In my article the topic is presented as a Q&A session. Most of the questions are the ones that most novices would like to ask. And the Answers are pres
Oracle 9i (9.0.1) installation on Red Hat Linux 7.2
Installation of Oracle 9i server on Redhat 7.2 is the same as on Redhat 7.1, except for some really strange behaviour I experienced when the Database configuration assistant (dbca) was invoked, both as part of installation and later when I tried to invoke it manually. This combination is not certifi
Web Services Are Real
By John Edwards – Web services aren’t revolutionary, but their standards-based approach to integration and interoperability is something new. And some Oracle customers are already putting Web services to the test.
Describing and retrieving photos using RDF and HTTP
By Yves Lafon and Bert Bos – This note describes a project for describing & retrieving (digitized) photos with (RDF) metadata. It describes the RDF schemas, a data-entry program for quickly entering metadata for large numbers of photos, a way to serve the photos and the metadata over HTTP, and some
Microsoft Mobilizes .NET
By Christopher Pace – Microsoft announced that it will bring the power of .NET to handheld devices with the beta release of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. The .NET Compact Framework, which enables XML Web services on mobile devices, is the company's next step in providing a rich computing
Government and Finance Industry Urge Caution on XML
by Alan Kotok – The XML world recently received a double-dose of sobering news, as reports from both the U.S. General Accounting Office and NACHA, an electronic payments organization, urged their constituents to move cautiously on any commitment to XML.
Interview with Carl Speshock, Author of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Administrator’s Guidebook
by Dean Thompson – Find out more about the author of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Administrator’s Guidebook, and what he thinks about SQL Server.
Understanding DBCC SHOWCONTIG
DBCC SHOWCONTIG is a wonderful tool which helps you to understand quite a bit more about your system than is obvious at first glance. And, frankly, the documentation doesn’t use terminology that makes it very obvious either. So, this article will focus on a few of the big ideas behind the tool usi