SQL Server Magazine July 2001

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This issue shows you how to use SQL Server CE and merge replication to put your SQL Server database in the palm of your hand. We also cover SQL Server 2000's new sql_variant data type and user-defined extended properties and Query Analyzer templates.
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[Focus]

You Can Take It with You

Put your database in the palm of your hand. After you learn how to configure distributed computing with SQL Server CE and merge replication, your laptop might be taking a fewer trips out of the office.




[Features]

Managing Extended Properties

Use SQL Server 2000's sql_variant data type to add user-defined extended properties to your data, tables, columns, parameters, and other objects.

Query Analyzer Templates

Query Analyzer 2000’s templates feature lets you say good-bye to repetitive tasks and hello to speedy object development.

Treat Yourself to Fn_Split()

This copycat UDF, created in the image of VB's Split() function, helped the author parse thousands of query lines and emulate variable-length parameter arrays




[Lab Reports]

SQL Editor 3.0.8

Laserweb’s SQL Server development tool lightens your load with a powerful find-and-replace feature, an online T-SQL syntax reference, and more.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Questions, Answers, and Tips

SQL Server MVP Brian Moran answers readers' questions about importing Microsoft Access tables into SQL Server 2000, encrypting a column, managing Windows-authenticated logins, and more.




[Editorial]

VB 6.0 vs. VB.NET

Is Visual Basic .NET simply a much-needed evolutionary step for VB or a completely new language?




[Reader to Reader]

Readers' Tips and Tricks

Readers share their tips for using the Textcopy utility to copy a text or image value, working with change-audit columns, and more.




[SQL Server Q&A]

Answers from Microsoft This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

Richard Waymire answers readers’ questions about installing the MSDTC Resource, calling a DoEvents in VBScript, securing tables, and more.




[SQL Seven]

SQL Server Editions

SQL Server comes in no fewer than seven editions; here's a quick guide.




[Inside SQL Server]

Are You in Tune?

Tune your indexes and queries for better performance.




[Mastering Analysis]

Tracking Performance

Analytic applications let you monitor key metrics, then analyze those measurements to find out whether your business is moving toward its business objectives.




[Solutions by Design]

Metamodel for Contact Manager

Use this metamodel to design your own contact manager database.




[T-SQL Black Belt]

Auxiliary Tables, Bit by Bit

Using an auxiliary table can give you an efficient solution to aggregating bitwise OR calculations.




[XML Q&A]

Exploring XML This article is only available to registered users.  Sign up now and get instant access!

Rich Rollman examines XML Bulk Load and OpenXML as data-import tools and discusses XML Schemas, soon to be a very hot topic.



 

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