(Ged Mead) Here’s an easy way you If you have a list of items in a list box and print them out to a printer. This version lets the user choose a printer from the PrintDialog first.
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Microsoft Adds AntiXSS Tool to ASP.NET 4.5
(Don Kiely) The Anti-Cross Site Scripting (AntiXSS) library has been a useful tool for preventing various kinds of script injection attacks against ASP.NET websites. AntiXSS is part of the Web Protection Library (WPL) along with a Security Runtime Engine (SRE).
Three ways to scale a SQL Server business intelligence system
(Don Jones) SQL Server business intelligence (BI) systems can take a lot of computing horsepower, and most organizations deploy as much horsepower as possible when they get theirs up and running. Unfortunately, BI makes its users want more. More reports. More dashboards. More data.
Push v. Pull Merge Replication
(Chris Skorlinski) I hope to answer the question “What is the difference between Push and Pull Merge Replication?” in this blog posting.
DSNZPARMs; What do you want or need or just interested in hearing about.
(Willie Favero) In today’s DB2Night Show episode, I made the offer to put together a presentation based completely on the DSNZPARM keywords you all are interested in discussing. I was very serious about the offer. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I’m looking forward to putting somethin
Changing SQL Server Service Account or Password – Avoid restarting SQL Server
(Nakul Vachhrajani) For anyone who has run Microsoft SQL Server under a domain account, the first thing that comes to mind upon thinking about changing the account or the account password is planning for downtime. However, starting Microsoft SQL Server 2008, this does not have to be the case.
SQL SERVER – Quick Note about JOIN – Common Questions and Simple Answers
(Pinal Dave) This blog post is written in response to the T-SQL Tuesday post of JOIN. This is a very interesting subject. Years ago, I wrote my article about SQL SERVER – Introduction to JOINs – Basic of JOINs, ‑ till date, it is my most favorite article on the blog.
IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Setting up an Unattended Install of IBM Cognos Virtual View Manager
(Ganesh Salpure) This document outlines the steps required for an unattended silent installation of IBM Cognos Virtual View Manager (VVM).
Maintenance Task Considerations
Maintenance Task Considerations We received a number of replies regarding the Maintenance Wizard shipping with SQL Server. A number of the comments raise concerns I hadn’t even considered, such as what happens when you move to another version of SQL Server and use undocumented tools to support the MS GUI. David: I share your opinion. When you combine the three […]
SQL Server GUI in Action
SQL Server GUI in Action Recently I was replacing a maintenance task a client had put together for SQL Server database backups. I haven’t been doing this kind of work for some time, and it was a raw reminder of a number of things. I was reminded how the GUI tools for performing maintenance tasks in SQL Server provide non-DBA […]