SQL Server Magazine

What Do SQL Server Magazine Readers Want?

An informal poll shows that SQL Mag readers prefer quality over quantity of articles—and would rather not pay more for a larger magazine.

Readers Talk Back About DBA Roles and Database Tuning

SQL Mag online readers get chatty about the blurring roles of IT pros and developers and database-tuning principles.

BI and Web Site News, and a Tool Time “Thank You”

SQL Server Magazine launches a new business intelligence (BI) e-newsletter, a reader gets help from Tool Time, and we respond to reader feedback about Sqlmag.com and the price of a SQL Mag subscription.

Readers Talk Back to Community Dialog

Readers share their thoughts about recent Community Dialogs, and Itzik Ben-Gan helps a reader out by creating a special "lottery" query.

Query Generates Winning Lottery Numbers!

Itzik Ben-Gan helps out a reader by creating a T-SQL query that generates winning lottery numbers.

"Camp" 'n' Code Event for .NET and SQL Server Pros

Readers and Authors Swap Ideas

A reader asks Douglas McDowell a question about his PerformancePoint Server Eye on BI article, forum members debate SQL Server trace methods, and Rodney Landrum updates his repository solution, in direct response to readers' feedback.

SQL Mag Presses the Virtualization Hot Button

Although some readers say it’s risky to run production database environments under VMs, other signs point to a breakthrough year for SQL Server virtualization in 2008.

SQL Server Innovators Solve Business Problems with Style

Blending ingenuity and skill, the 2007 SQL Server Innovators winners include a T-SQL program that does math for a video poker game, a way to centrally maintain applications' data, a database maintenance tool, and a hospital disaster recovery system.

Online vs. Print Content: Finding the Right Mix

We answer a reader's question about why parts of some articles in SQL Server Magazine are available only on Sqlmag.com, and SQL Mag editors spark a lively online discussion about women in IT.

Want to Talk SQL Server? Check out the Sqlmag.com Forums

The SQL Server Magazine forums have been especially lively lately, with a thoughtful exchange about backup and restore and readers’ feedback. Find out how to join the conversation.

Windows IT Pro Innovators Share Their Successes

This year's Windows IT Pro Innovators award winners find inventive solutions to problems ranging from automating Web-site creation to auditing access to applications to meet compliance mandates.

What’s Hot Online: PASS 2007 Roundup, Reader-Inspired Content

If you couldn't attend PASS 2007 in September, the next best thing is reading our online conference highlights. And get a sneak preview of the January "reader solutions" issue, inspired in part by the active SQL Server Magazine online community.

Too Soon for SQL Server 2008? Readers Say "Yes!"

Readers talk back to SQL Server Magazine authors, saying they're not ready for another upgrade so soon after the release SQL Server 2005.

You Bet We’re Listening!

Rodney Landrum reaches out to readers who needed help following the steps in his article.

SQL Server Innovators Show Off Ingenious IT Solutions!

Enter the 2007 SQL Server Magazine Innovators contest for a chance to win a trip to SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas, and read about previous Innovators winners.

SQL Server Pros Keep On Innovating

The winners of this year's SQL Server Magazine Innovators contest epitomize ingenuity, developing fresh solutions to business problems ranging from change management to scheduling overtime.

Last Rites for a Beloved Server

One of our 2006 SQL Server Magazine Innovators contest winners brought levity to his workplace by developing SQL Server Funeral Services, a procedure that lets users bid adieu to a decommissioned server.

2006: A Great Year for Windows IT Innovation

This year's nine Windows IT Pro Innovators award winners reveal how they transformed familiar technologies into leading-edge solutions.

Windows IT Pro Innovators Special Mentions

This sampling of Windows IT Pro Innovators Contest entries spotlights a diverse cross-section of IT solutions.