Featured Article(s) XML CDATA – An Introduction CDATA section is declared using CDATA as the opening tag, and ]]> as the closing tag. The closing tag need not be escaped using the entity references as it will be parsed as part of the CDATA tag. The XML processor escapes all data between the CDATA tags. The CDATA keyword is also […]
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vWorkshops, Conferences, Articles and SQL Server Video Show… oh my!
Chris Shaw’s vWorkshop – Tuesday Aug 18 Be sure to get registered to save your spot! SQL Server 911 – what you really need to know about SQL Server backup, recovery, disaster recovery. This is an in-depth workshop on all of the things you’ll want to pay attention to, and what to do if things go wrong on the restore […]
SSWUG Fall vConference – HUGE Savings until 8/15
DBA School – only a couple of seats now remain [Register Here] or [Get More Information] Featured Article(s) Moving SQL Server logins with SQL Server Integration Services 2008 In this article I describe a generic scenario of how you may transfer login(s) from SQL Express 2005 to SQL Server 2008. After migrating data from one server to another you may […]
Webcast Today: ASP .NET Dynamic Data Starter
Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 Joins (Part 2) In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have when you work with SQL Server 2005 joins. He also tells how to resolve these problems. Quick Start: ASP .NET Dynamic Data Starter Get up to speed with ASP.NET Dynamic Data in just a few minutes. In this demo […]
DBASchool – Already only a very few seats remain
DBASchool – Already only a very few seats remain [Register Now] or find out more a the site… Webcast Tomorrow – Register Now ASP .NET Dynamic Data Starter Get up to speed with ASP.NET Dynamic Data in just a few minutes. In this demo you’ll see how to quickly setup a Dynamic Data web application. Presented by: Rachel Appel > […]
SharePoint and SQL Server
Featured Article(s) XML & Internationalisation XML has been designed for international use. Using standard character encoding ensures that the XML document is acceptable. The Universal Character Set (UCS) as defined as the Document Character Set for XML and HTML. XML Documents can only contain characters defined by Unicode. It is better to use the XML declaration always to avoid any […]
Final Thoughts on Schema Management – OLTP to OLAP
Last Day to Take the Survey (And be entered in the drawings!) Please take a moment now and let us know how we’re doing… [ Take the survey here ] Featured Article(s) Oracle Change Data Capture Step By Step ASync — Part 3 Oracle Change Data Capture Step By Step ASync — Part 3. New SelectViews Show Now Available (Part […]
DBA School, Optimizing your SQL Server Schemas
SQL Server 911 – vWorkshop now open for registration Chris Shaw presents this in-depth (more than 4 hours!) virtual workshop about what you really need to know about SQL Server backup, restore, recovery and more. Learn what to do with specific, in-depth information about managing a failed restore, understanding all the options, what they mean for your installation and how […]
Initial Feedback on Mixed Schemas with SQL Server
DBA School Registration is Open Limited seats remain… [Get More Information] Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 Joins (Part 1) In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have when you work with SQL Server 2005 joins. He also tells how to resolve these problems. Webcast today – Register now to attend/view DTS Conversion to SSIS * […]
Webcast Tomorrow: DTS Conversion to SSIS – Conversion Best Practices
Survey Closes Friday I have a request. This week is survey week. I would absolutely LOVE to hear from you (yes, you) – it’s really important to get as many feedback elements as possible so we can see how we’re doing. I’ve split the survey into two parts – you can take the simple, 6 question intro survey and quit, […]