Review: NGSSquirrel

• by Steve Jones

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Product and Book Reviews

How secure are your SQL Servers? Are they patched? Are you aware of all the patches and vulnerabilities out there? This new tool from NGSSoftware can help you answer these questions and keep your environment secure.

SQL Server 2000 Post SP2 Patch Released

• by Brian Knight

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Service Packs

If you're still on SQL Server 2000 SP2, beware! Microsoft has released a number of fixes that have now been rolled up into this cumulative patch to fix major security flaws in SQL Server.

Freeware SQLExecMS Updated

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Laplas Soft has updated its ever popular freeware SQLExecMS. SQLExecMS makes a DBAs and developers life so much easier by building in a number of common untilites. You can download it free if you're a SQLServerCentral.com member!

Using Check Constraints

• by Robert Marda

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Administration

Check constraints can be added to a table to enforce specific rules on one or more columns. This article shows you how to use them to enforce simple and more complex rules.

Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server

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• Vasyn MVP site

• DTS

Are you migrating your database and applications from Oracle to SQL Server and having trouble converting your code from PL/SQL to T-SQL? Then this article might help, though it doesn't cover all aspects. It provides you with answers to most commonly asked migration relasted questions. You will also find links to additional resources and books.

Worst Practice - Sorting by Ordinal

• by Andy Warren

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Administration

If you've been with us for a while you know that Andy started a series last year on worst practices. As he says, maybe you can't always do best practices, but at least dont do the worst ones. Read the article and add a comment, participate!

Push Those Logs Away!

• by Steve Jones

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Administration

Steve found a gaping hole in his backup process. One that he plugged with this script to move log files around the network in the event of a server failure. If you can't afford to lose a day of work, read about his solution.

Pause for a Minute

• by Steve Jones

• SQLServerCentral.com

Ever needed a pause in a script? Maybe want to retry something after a minute? This article gives a quick snipped of code that will help you implement a pause in your script.

Get the Latest SQL Server News Across the Web

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Eurgeeka is a central place to search for the latest in SQL Server news, articles and press releases. If you're a SQL Server solution provider or website, you can add your news for free! New information daily! Eurgeeka puts the pride back in the word geek.

Advice on using COUNT( )

• by Christoffer Hedgate

• SQLServerCentral.com

• Performance Tuning

In this article new columnist Christoffer Hedgate offers his advice on what performs better, COUNT(*) or COUNT(column).