SQL Server Magazine July 2002

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This month, learn how Kerberos authentication with SQL Server 2000 gives you the most bite for your security buck and how to secure objects in a multidatabase environment. Also, go inside a Web service, catch our Visual Studio .NET FAQs, and much more!
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[Focus]

Guard Your Data with Kerberos

All security operations in SQL Server depend on authentication and authorization. Kerberos authentication, the Windows 2000 default, offers identification of both the client and the server.




[Features]

Security Through Ownership Chains

Are you looking for ways to improve SQL Server object security in a multidatabase environment? Making better use of ownership chains can help. Here's a look at concepts, techniques, and best practices for working with ownership chains.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Blocking SQL Server Agent Stops and Starts

A reader asks how to prevent users from stopping and starting the SQL Server Agent.

Dynamic Port Detection

A reader asks why he can't get his SQL Server client tools to connect to a default instance of SQL Server 2000 through a dynamically determined TCP/IP port.

Multiple NULLs with Unique Constraints

Although SQL Server Books Online can be misleading on this topic, a unique constraint doesn't let you add multiple records that contain a value of NULL.

Using T-SQL to Concatenate Data Into a Variable

You can use a T-SQL-based cursor to create a stored procedure that loops through rows and concatenates data into a variable, as you do in Visual Basic.




[Editorial]

Benchmarks Gone Bad

Not all database benchmarks are created equal. The reasons why the TPC tests are successful are the same reasons why magazines and other interested parties can’t perform good database benchmarks.




[SQL Seven]

Visual Studio .NET FAQs

Developers are learning how important Visual Studio .NET will be to Yukon, the next release of SQL Server. Are you ready to begin testing Visual Studio .NET? Here are the answers to seven common questions that you might ask.




[Inside SQL Server]

Indexing Updates

Indexes that help with data modification operations can be totally different from the ones that help with retrieval. Learn how to choose UPDATE and DELETE indexes wisely.




[Mastering Analysis]

Writing Back Time

You've created a time-tracking application that uses Analysis Services' write-back capability. Now learn how to automate maintenance of your write-back cube and create a data-entry application so employees can enter billable time.




[Solutions by Design]

Product-Distribution Metamodel

Would you like to know instantly how much of one wallpaper batch remains in your warehouse bin? Or how your current cost for lawn mowers matches your cost over time? The product-distribution metamodel provides the framework for these details.




[T-SQL Black Belt]

Missing Numbers

You might have missed out on proving Fermat's Last Theorem, but here's your chance to solve Blank's Puzzling Problem. Ready?




[Answers from Microsoft]

Migrating a SQL Server 2000 Database to SQL Server 7.0

Microsoft’s SQL Server Development Team illustrates three ways to move data from a SQL Server 2000 database to SQL Server 7.0.

Performing a Log Shipping Role Change

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team tells a reader how to link login accounts from one server to another.

Retrieving a Database’s Stored Procedures and Change Dates

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team sends readers to a database’s list of stored procedures and offers a code snippet that returns that information.

Rolling Back a Transaction in the Transaction Log File

Microsoft’s SQL Server development team explains why you can’t use T-SQL to roll back a transaction in the transaction log and provides code for a way to accomplish the task.




[Exploring XML]

Web Services in Action

Now you can use Microsoft’s SOAP Toolkit 2.0 and the WSDL to create a Web Service that easily expands the volume of data you send your customers across platforms.




[Letters]

Letters, July 2002

Readers write in about creating Web-based analysis systems, finding answers to their problems in SQL Server Magazine, and the future of mdXML.




[New Products]

New Products, July 2002

Check out the latest SQL Server-related new and improved products.



 

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