A Survey of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 XML Features
An oldy, but good basic look at XML and how it fits into SQL Server 2000.
2004-09-23
3,008 reads
Basics
Handling Simple XML Using T-SQL
SQL Server 2000 integrates a number of features to work with XML data and SQL Server 2005 should expand upon that. However the SQL Server 2000 extensions for working with XML data in T-SQL are not that mature. New author Eli Leiba looks at how he can traverse an XML file using T-SQL code.
2004-09-20
13,026 reads
Lookup Table Design
Designing a SQL Server database is a challenging task. Making decisions about how to build tables, their relations, etc. can be a full time job for any DBA helping to build an application. Lookup tables are a part of just about every application that you work with or build a back end for. Leo Peysakhovich brings us an article on database design that deals specifically with lookup tables.
2004-07-27
30,622 reads
2008-01-04 (first published: 2003-09-26)
185,349 reads
A Lookup Strategy Defined
Most databases designs nowadays seem to have at least a few if not many lookup or reference tables. This article helps you define a strategy in how to design, approve, and deploy them.
2003-02-20
13,239 reads
Designing a Flexible Task Management Database Part II
In this short article by Jamie Voss, he shows you the data model behind much of his task tracking system and the reasoning behind it.
2002-10-17
7,132 reads
Converting Shaped Recordsets into XML
This article shows you how to take a shaped recordset and convert the results into XML all while preserving the shaped recordset hierarchy.
2002-08-08
5,910 reads
Designing a Database with Microsoft Visio 2000
An extremely useful tool to reverse engineer a database is Visio 2000. It also has the ability to generate a database. This generation takes place after Visio has been used to draw the tables and relationships. This process can be a huge time saver. If a database needs to be tweaked and reworked it can be done in Visio and then regenerated. This article is intended to provide a nice introduction to using Visio 2000 to generate a database.
2002-07-22
9,146 reads
Designing a Flexible Task Management Database
In this article by Jamie Voss, he shows the methodology he used to develop his task management database.
2002-05-20
6,366 reads
CLIENT SIDE XML - ASP on steroids !
This article demonstrates the ability to use the XML DOM on the client-side browser.
2002-04-11
16,702 reads
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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