SQLCentric
This is an update to v1.2 of the product which does monitoring of your SQL servers. Looks like it checks service status, jobs, disk space, some other things. (Not Reviewed)
2003-08-01
1,425 reads
Articles
SQL Server Security: Why Security Is Important
Regular columnist Brian Kelley reviews the real world impact that inadequate security can have by reviewing some recent incidents in the sql/security world. Very much worth reading, especially if you have credit card data.
2003-07-31
7,523 reads
Lots of Tables and a Little DMO
Andy discusses a recent thread where a reader has very slow login tables with 2000 tables. After writing some DMO code (very handy by the way) and creating some objects, he can't track it down. Have any ideas?
2003-07-30
7,099 reads
MZTools - Addin for VB6
Freeware! This add-in gives you some great extra features when working in VB6. It has a tab index setter, options to add a chunk of error handling code, a simple code analyzer that gives you some metrics, and my favorite - an option to identify unused code and variables. If you're still using VB6 it's worth trying.
2003-07-30
1,541 reads
Automated Trace File Collection
This article shows how to create a trace and capture it into a table using a combination of SQL and VBScript. Direct and to the point, you can read this and try it easily.
2003-07-29
9,101 reads
Where Do I Want To Go Today? - Upsert
Where should SQL Server go in the future? What enhancements are needed? Steve Jones starts to explore his wish list for future versions of SQL Server.
2003-07-28
7,969 reads
Finding and Deleting Duplicate Data
Bad data is almost a given, but true duplicate data can really cause you some headaches. How do you remove all the duplicates and still leave a 'keeper' record? If you think procedural code it's not too hard, but can you do a set based solution? Chris shows you show!
2003-07-25
19,964 reads
Database Server Clash Revisited (Eweek)
This is a follow up article on the database comparison they did about 18 months ago.
2003-07-24
604 reads
Creating a Chart From a Table
New author! This article has a stored procedure that will generate an HTML document - as long as the table has the proper schema. If you try it, be sure to download the associated zip which has some images and the script for the stored procedure.
2003-07-23
7,760 reads
The SQL Delete Statement
New Author! Narayana has some ideas on the delete statement and how you can have a fall back plan if something goes wrong.
2003-07-22
19,588 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Automating Export of PowerQuery to SQL Server using DAX Studio...?
I wrote a PowerQuery that parses a table from a PDF, and I want...
Attaching an SQL Server database without Transaction Log Files through SQL Server Management Studio.
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Superseded Indexes
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Superseded Indexes
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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