Stories kicked by moff http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss DotNetKicks.com - .NET links, community driven 30 This article teaches you how to lock down a SQL Server 2005 installation. A step-by-step procedure is given along with the concepts behind it. It includes a world-accessible SQL2005 shell to let you experiment with a hardened database. Two SQL scripts are provided to automate hardening. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fduartes.org%2fgustavo%2farticles%2fLock-Down-SQL-Server-2005.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fduartes.org%2fgustavo%2farticles%2fLock-Down-SQL-Server-2005.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/security/Lock_Down_SQL_Server_2005 http://www.dotnetkicks.com/security/Lock_Down_SQL_Server_2005 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:16:02 GMT There are at least 4 ways you can COUNT in SQL Server: COUNT(*), COUNT(ColumnName), COUNT(DISTINCT ColumnName) AND SUM() All 4 combined can be used to speed up queries especially for reporting. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.sqlteam.com%2fmladenp%2farchive%2f2008%2f02%2f04%2fBack-to-Basics-Count-Count-Count-Sum-or-how-to.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.sqlteam.com%2fmladenp%2farchive%2f2008%2f02%2f04%2fBack-to-Basics-Count-Count-Count-Sum-or-how-to.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/database/Back_to_Basics_Count_Count_Count_Sum_or_how_to_Count http://www.dotnetkicks.com/database/Back_to_Basics_Count_Count_Count_Sum_or_how_to_Count Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:25:56 GMT Jon Galloway combines the Database Publishing Wizard with PowerSMO to create a powerful means of scripting schema and data so it can be version controlled. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fjgalloway%2farchive%2f2006%2f12%2f29%2ftip-use-the-database-publishing-wizard-to-script-your-table-data.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fweblogs.asp.net%2fjgalloway%2farchive%2f2006%2f12%2f29%2ftip-use-the-database-publishing-wizard-to-script-your-table-data.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/database/Use_the_Database_Publishing_Wizard_to_script_your_table_data http://www.dotnetkicks.com/database/Use_the_Database_Publishing_Wizard_to_script_your_table_data Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:31:02 GMT