Robyn and Phil's latest workbench shows you how to track and log all database changes, including changes to tables, logins, users and queues, using SQL 2005 DDL triggers.… Read more
If you work with SQL Server 2000, then you know how painful it is to triage a server that has "gone astray". Eric Brown thinks that the new Dynamic Management Views in SQL 2005 are a big step forward.… Read more
Continuing his in-depth tour of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, Steve Joubert demonstrates the most common features and functions used to develop effective and dynamic reports.… Read more
Query notification allows your applications to take advantage of caching, safe in the knowledge that the cache will be refreshed whenever any critical data in the underlying database is updated. Find out how it all works...… Read more
Common Table Expressions (CTEs) are one of the most exciting features to be introduced with SQL Server 2005. Nigel Rivett explains what they are and how they can be used.… Read more
Extensive coverage of the query-time behaviour of SQL Server Full-text search, demonstrating how searches are expanded by the parser before hitting the full-text index.… Read more
Find out about Database Snapshots, new to SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition, which provide a read-only, "virtual" copy of a database, at a given point in time.… Read more
