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August 6th, 2008

SQL Studio Management Tab Naming

Working a significant amount of time in SQL Server Management Studio this week, I was again reminded that there’s one lack of usefulness in the application that gets really annoying.
The screenshot of the interface above I’ve highlighted how the tabs appear when you have multiple query windows open.
If you open just a table or […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

August 5th, 2008

Using SQL Profiler Tool

I’ve been immersing myself in a lot of SQL work the past week or so for a project going on at work. I’ve come a long way in my knowledge of SQL up to this point and the past few days have expanded that understanding into some new areas as well.
One of those areas is […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

July 7th, 2008

Different Data Types Available in SQL

If you’ve been reading here very long you’re probably aware that I’ve been teaching myself VB, .NET and SQL over the past couple of years.
One of my challenges of learning is that if I’m not using something regularly, I forget it or the information isn’t just sitting in the back of my head waiting […]

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April 9th, 2008

SQL Access with Cisco Systems VPN Client Active and Connected

Here’s a quick question for anyone out there with SQL connectivity and VPN access experience.
I’m trying to figure out why I can no longer connect to a SQL database within my local network when I’m connected to a VPN into another network.

As you can see from the above setting in the VPN client, I’ve […]

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April 14th, 2006

SQL Server Mobile

Microsoft will be making the mobile version of their SQL Server software capable of running on any version of Windows. Currently the product only works on Windows CD and Windows Tablet editions. But with this announcement, they’ll be expanding their user base.
I’ll definitely be looking into this more because I know we have some clients […]

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