TECHNICAL RESOURCE
Restore SQL Server Databases
Prentice Hall released SQL Server Backup and Recovery: Tools and Techniques, a book by Frank McBath that details how to protect and restore SQL Server databases. The step-by-step reference covers SQL Server 2000 and provides guidance for Windows XP and Windows 2000 environments. The book also contains scripts and sample code. The book explains how to plan for backup and recovery, including how to plan your time windows, and walks through recovery scenarios and backup strategies. The guide also teaches you how to recover the master database and how to properly use SQL Server's Database Consistency Checker (DBCC) commands. The 320-page book costs $49.99. Contact Prentice Hall at 800-282-0693 or http://www.phptr.com.
TRAINING
Cover MS-2072 and MS-2073 Topics in a Week
TechTrain announced a training program called PowerSQL, which provides 5 days of instructor-led training and 12 hours of structured eLearning training. Because students complete pretraining at their own pace, the training program can cover topics from MS-2072 (Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database) and MS-2073 (Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database) in only 5 days of classroom time. The PowerSQL training program costs $2995 and includes both Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) training kits (MS-2072 and MS-2073). Contact TechTrain at 704-357-8010, 800-216-4566, info@techtrain.com, or http://www.techtrain.com.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Generate Grids
dbNetLink announced DbNetGrid, an HTML grid component for Internet and intranet development. You can use the solution as a grid component integrated with your applications, as a Web reporting tool, or as a Web application. You can link grids together to create drilldown Web reports. DBAs can use the tool to distribute interactive database information to their users through a browser if they don't have the time or inclination to write Active Server Pages (ASP) and HTML code. You can license DbNetGrid on a per-processor rather than a per-client basis. A license must cover the total number of processors in the servers on which you install DbNetGrid. Pricing starts at $499 for a single-processor license. DbNetGrid supports SQL Server 2000, 7.0, and 6.5. Contact dbNetLink at info@dbnetgrid.com or http://www.dbnetgrid.com.
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
View Projects Throughout Their Life Cycle
Living Address announced Living Doc.NET, software that stores in-depth information about your projects throughout their life cycle so that you can track changes to your system and see the differences between development and production servers. Living Doc.NET features support for Microsoft .NET and can automatically document any SQL Server or Microsoft Access project and provide a blueprint that you can use to evaluate the quality of the system. You can view the generated documentation in three ways: interactively on the Web, in compiled Help files, or in Microsoft Word. The software can also troubleshoot existing Web projects. Living Doc.NET supports SQL Server 2000 and 7.0. Pricing for a three-user starter pack is $2000. Contact Living Address at info@livingaddress.com or http://www.livingaddress.com.
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