SQL Server and the Web

November 2000

This issue explores the interaction of SQL Server and the Web. We help you untangle Microsoft .NET, manage Remote Data Services security, and build an ASP page that lets you access your database schema across the Internet.

MDX Puzzle

By Russ Whitney

November's MDX Puzzle.

Dynamic Crosstab Queries

By Itzik Ben-Gan

Dynamic crosstab queries let you produce pivoted, denormalized output from normalized data.

October MDX Puzzle Solution Revealed

By Russ Whitney

Here's the solution to the October MDX puzzle.

SQLAudit 1.7

By Brian Knight

Red Matrix Technologies' auditing tool provides an easy-to-use trigger-based system for tracking inserts, updates, and deletes to your data.

The Power of Calculated Cells

By Russ Whitney

Calculated cells, a new Analysis Services feature, go beyond the capability and power of calculated members.

Answers from Microsoft

By Richard Waymire

Richard Waymire answers readers' questions about unclustering SQL Server, measuring memory consumption, and more.

Tip: Tracking I/O Statistics with SQL Server 2000's fn_virtualfilestats

By Brian Moran

A new SQL Server 2000 function called fn_virtualfilestats lets you track I/O statistics from the SQL Server 2000 version of T-SQL without relying on the Windows 2000 or Windows NT Performance Monitor.

Application Partitioning

By Ken Spencer

Review the fundamentals of application partitioning and component load balancing.

Microsoft Heads to Yukon

By Paul Thurrott

Although Microsoft only recently completed SQL Server 2000, the company has been working on the follow-upcode-named Yukonwhich will take SQL Server fully into the Web-enabled .NET environment.

Readers' Tips and Tricks

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Readers share their tips for generating a simple table description and for generating a job schedule report.

Remote Data Services Security

By Dino Esposito

RDS lets you choose security level for access to your data.

Who Needs .NET?

By Michael Otey

Does Microsoft .NET meet customers’ needs--or Microsoft’s?

SQL Server Licensing Model to Shift

By Paul Thurrott

Microsoft's plans for the .NET future are still coalescing, but the company's change from shrink-wrapped software to Web-delivered services is already affecting SQL Server’s licensing model.

Keep Database Schema Online

By Vikash K. Agarwal

Build an ASP page that lets you access your database schema through the Internet.

SQL Server: Most Deployed Web Database

By Paul Thurrott

Zona Research recently released a study that showed SQL Server as the most used database on the Web.

INSTEAD OF Triggers

By Kalen Delaney

SQL Server 2000's new trigger type lets you check data changes before they happen.

User-Defined Functions

By Robert Vieira

Use SQL Server 2000 to create UDFs for greater power, readability, reusability, and performance.

In Tune with C#

By Michael Otey

Microsoft's new C# language combines Visual Basic's ease of use with Visual C++'s power and flexibility.

Custom Datasheets

By Rick Dobson

Learn how to use FrontPage 2000 to customize SQL Server datasheets for publication to the Web or an intranet.

Untangling Microsoft .NET

By Michael Otey

No Microsoft application, including SQL Server, will remain untouched as the company rolls out its .NET strategy over the next several years.

Writing Custom Handlers

By Dino Esposito

The Microsoft Data Access Components software development kit (SDK) comes with the source code of the default handler, MSDFMAP.Handler. You can use this code as a reference for implementing new handlers.

RDS Clients' User Credentials

By Dino Esposito

Before authorizing a Remote Data Services (RDS) handler-based operation, the server needs to check the credentials of the currently connected user.

Questions, Answers, & Tips

By Brian Moran

Learn how to convert varbinary fields to hexadecimal strings, generate a list of currently executing SPIDs, and more.

SQL Server 2000's Coolest Features

By Michael Otey

SQL Server 2000 is full of new functionality; here are seven of its coolest new features.

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