Editorials

Editorials

Don’t Forget: Sometimes It’s The Easy Stuff…

Don’t Miss the Latest SQLonCall: Basic Security Best Practices (new show posts tomorrow!) SelectViews: Software as a Service, Data Archive Challenge and more Featured Article(s) Diagnosing Poor Data Access Code Using SQL Profiler I created this article to assist DBAs and application developers who need to optimize data access code in their applications. This document covers a few cases where […]

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SQL Server server and Databases Health check process

Featured Article(s) SQL Server server and Databases Health check process The following stored procedure is really a collection of several TSQL system procedures designed to monitor server and databases configuration values and keep the DBA Informed about databases health Want to manage multiple implementations of the same database? Want to build stored procedures in seconds? Auto generate SQL Delete, Update […]

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PHP and SQL Server, SQL-Geek Humor

Watch the Latest: SQLonCall: Security and SQL Server – Best Practices SelectViews: Software + Service, Book Look and More Featured Article(s) Who do you Hire: The Decision You Need to Make I was talking to a director that I know and he mentioned to me that he has a scale that he measures prospective employees on. If you evaluate these […]

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The Challenge of New Systems

New SQLonCall Show Live Now Basic Security Practices – Learn about mistakes commonly made when working with security and SQL Server. Lost consumer data, encryption, hacker attacks and much more – find out where to start looking and what to consider. > Watch The Show Here Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 Snapshot Replication In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains […]

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Columnar Databases, and Database Changes in General

Have You Watched The SQL Server Show Yet? SelectViews posted on Friday – here are the show notes; Software as a Service Issues, SQL Server Data Archive Challenge, Linking Access Tables to SQL Server. Also, BookLooks – Apress TSQL Recipes, the 60-Second SQL Server Tip of the Day and Much More. (Don’t forget the SQL Server Challenge – we’re looking […]

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New Weekly SQL Server Show, SelectViews, Posted

New Weekly SQL Server Show, SelectViews, Posted This week’s show explores Software as a Service Issues, SQL Server Data Archive Challenge, Linking Access Tables to SQL Server. Also, BookLooks – Apress TSQL Recipes, the 60-Second SQL Server Tip of the Day and Much More. > Watch the Show Here Pulling Information From Non-Relational Sources… …is possible. In fact, pulling together […]

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DBA Responsibilities for Data Uses

Last Day To Catch the Current SelectViews SQL Server Show …before tomorrow’s show posts. Watch it here. (Don’t forget, you can win $200 – congrats to our latest winner, Donna M.!) Webcast Today Moving from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Security We’ll look into the differences between the approaches to security, how they apply to your database, the […]