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SQL Server TechNet and MSDN Web Updates

Moving on...
<last post> One thing that is constant at Microsoft is change and I am moving on to support a different web site here on TechNet, so I... more
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:31:00 GMT

Euan Garden

Unit Testing for Silverlight...
Jeff has a follow up post to the demos from Mix here. The silverlight unit test framework is based o... more
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:54:06 GMT

Buck Woody - DBA

Prepping for TechEd
TechEd USA is coming up in June, and I'm presenting a couple of times and working the booths. If you... more
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:18:00 GMT

SQL Server Security

SQL Server 2005 Encryption – Encryption and data length limitations (feedback page)
We have received some feedback regarding the “SQL Server 2005 Encryption – Encryption and dat... more
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:39:00 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server Development Customer Advisory Team

What you should know if you are using Logical IOs to measure query plan quality
One of the presenters at recent SQL Server Open World conference in Denmark (http://www.miracleas.dk... more
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:36:00 GMT

Jamie MacLennan

What's a book without a cover - redux
Three years ago next month I posted on our first book and now we can peek at what's to come! I gu... more
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:21:32 GMT

PSS SQL Server Engineers

SQL Server 2005 SP3 and Self-Service Hotfixes
If you have not seen or heard the news, we have announced our plans to release a service pack for SQ... more
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:18:45 GMT

SQL Server User Education

Tagging SQL Server documentation
If you've ever happened to find a SQL Server documentation topic that you were looking for and wante... more
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:26:00 GMT

SQL Server Manageability Team Blog

Where is SAC tool?
Surface Area Configuration (SAC) tool will be removed in SQL 2008 release. This tool exposed two maj... more
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:55:00 GMT

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SQL Server 2008 CTP Database Engine

Connect to Katmai (2008) Databas Engine via Internet (wire and wireless)
Hi, I try to connect to SQL Server via Internet wire and wireless from Client Management Studio b... more
Sat, 10 May 2008 09:21:00 GMT

SQL Server Reporting Services

Print Layout shows up black
I can view my reports fine when I go to the preview window, however, when I choose the option to s... more
Mon, 12 May 2008 06:56:21 GMT

Getting started with SQL Server

Error in insert statement ........Help out
Hi All as i have a class where i wrote a procedure for insert statement and i passed the value from... more
Tue, 13 May 2008 08:25:59 GMT

SQL Server Integration Services

Question about commandline /Reporting option
Hi, In the BOL article on dtexec it states in the section on the /Reporting option: The optiona... more
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:14:33 GMT

SQL Server Database Engine

error message when trying to create any query
I am trying to run a query on my sql server and get the following error message: "An error occur... more
Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:31:10 GMT

Transact-SQL

I need some help regarding my career plan
Hi All, Please excuse me for asking this question in this forum.I need some help regarding my care... more
Tue, 13 May 2008 09:13:57 GMT

SQL Server Analysis Services

Simple dimension hierarchy not acting properly
I have a fairly small fact table (no dimension tables) and in MSAS 2005 created a dimenion hierarc... more
Tue, 13 May 2008 01:29:30 GMT

SQL Server Setup and Upgrade

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Tue, 13 May 2008 07:41:45 GMT

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MVP Blogs About SQL Server

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	Andrew Kelly New England SQL Users Group & Craig Freedman Adam Machanic has already blogged about Craig's visit to New England coming up on May 8th bu... more Tue, 06 May 2008 19:50:23 GMT
	Adam Machanic [New England] NESQL Special Meeting, Featuring Craig Freedman Next Thursday, May 8, the New England SQL Server Users Group will have a special meeting, featuring... more Fri, 02 May 2008 17:38:00 GMT
	Linchi Shea SQL Server 2008 Page Compression: Performance impact on inserts Before I begin, let me be very clear that the results I report in this post were obtained with SQL S... more Tue, 13 May 2008 02:49:00 GMT
	Kalen Delaney Did You Know? I'm going to Portland I almost titled this one with OT, but then I realized that this MY BLOG, and nothing is really off-t... more Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:11:00 GMT
	Tibor Karaszi The SQL Server script repository How come I've missed this? I don't know, but I'm writing this blog post so to bookmark this site. Y... more Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:18:00 GMT
	Kevin Kline MIRRORING THROTTLES BACKLOG For some reason, the title of this blog post makes me grin because it evokes a mental image of one g... more Fri, 02 May 2008 08:07:00 GMT
	Hugo Kornelis Let's deprecate UPDATE FROM! I guess that many people using UPDATE … FROM on a daily basis do so without being aware that they ar... more Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:38:00 GMT