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Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task. In ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

I have been looking for information on this, and can't get a clear answer. I am developing an ASP site using an Access database, and eventually, I will be moving the whole thing over, and importing ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

There’s no doubt that cloud computing is growing due to the strong cost benefits, simplified management, and reduced hosting complexities. So it’s only fitting that we cap this series on the new ...