Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

xSQL Software, a provider of SQL Server auxiliary tools and utilities, announced today the availability of xSQL Object 1.5, a utility for SQL Server database administrators and developers that ...

I was talking to a good friend at Microsoft last week, telling him about the problems I’ve been having with SQL Server Management Objects (SMO).

In-Depth. Use the Best Security for SQL Server. Learn tips for administering SQL Server securely. By ; 01/01/2004; E xamine the similarities and differences between Windows security and SQL Server ...

A business object written with an SQL pass-through has the database server do more record processing. With a pass-through, the server does the subtotals and sends fewer records back to the object.

Use the Best Security for SQL Server. ... Users can be part of groups, which also have SIDs. Users get access to objects (such as files, directories, and printers) based on the SID.

Since SQL Server has many deployment options, like editions, server locations and so on, different situations might need different specific configurations. However, pointing the application to the ...

Click "Tools," then "Options," then SQL Server Object Explorer" in Management Studio to open the object explorer. Right-click the "Databases" folder in Object Explorer, and click "Synchronize ...

The wizard will create a corresponding SQL Server object for each saved query. Remove spaces from object and field names. Add at least one unique constraint or index to every table.