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SQL Server 2005’s Schema Problem–An Elegant Solution

There's a problem with schemas in SQL2K5 that I encountered again this week, and I put my head to it and developed a very elegant solution that I thought I'd share with everyone. Problem: When you ...
Ars Technica

SQL Schema and Data Compare (Red Gate Alternative)

I am looking for suggestions on an alternative product for comparing SQL schema and data with Microsoft SQL server (2012). Up to this point in time our company has used Red Gate SQL Compare and SQL ...
Ars Technica

INFOMATION_SCHEMA vs catalog views in SQL Server

Why are there INFOMATION_SCHEMA and catalog views in SQL Server that do very similar things? For example, to retrieve a list of tables in a database, I can do it via sys.tables or ...
TechRepublic

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...
TechRepublic

Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server

Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server Your email has been sent What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your ...