Wednesday, January 25, 2006
SQL Server 2005 Data Encryption
Here is an exellent blahg entry for those who wish to know more about SQL Server 2005 Encryption but don't wish to plough through the books online Keith Combs' Blahg : SQL Server 2005 Data Encryption.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Free UK fuel prices. 10,020 petrol stations covered - PetrolPrices.com
For those of you that travel quite a bit during the year, and not via broadband, you have my sympathy. You may find the following site of value, it shows you the cheapest price of petrol available for a given region. Find the site here
Friday, January 13, 2006
ERD about the SQL Server 2005 System Views Map
A picture is worth a vast number of words as they say, and the words in this picture would be incomprehensible without it. Nice to see Microsoft setting a good example by sharing the internal design of the metat data tables for sql server 2005. Now all we need is for developers to do the same for the business portion of the internals and the users will be laghing! You can download a copy of the System Views Map here
The latest SQL Server 2005 Books Online
Instead of waiting for the next product release before getting a new version of online books for SQL Server, which was later changed to release via product updates. We now have a way of getting access to the latest information much more quickly. New versions are now placed here 'SQL Server 2005 Books Online' and are released independantly of software releases. This is probably due to the fast changing nature of them, via input from the customer, using the built in update links for direct feedback. Nice to see things developing naturally!