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Microsoft has posted for download the updated beta version of the SQL Server 2000 Driver for Java Database Connectivity (JDBC). In addition to the features available in the first beta release, beta 2 provides support for XA transactions, the sql...
Two weeks ago, I asked for your help in creating a comprehensive list of SQL Server "worst practices." I thought this task would be a fun twist on the annual tradition of making New Year's resolutions, and I hoped that all of us could learn...
The noose around Microsoft Passport tightened a bit more this week when a privacy advocacy group asked the attorneys general of all 50 U.S. states to investigate whether the service exposes consumers to fraud, junk email and "identity theft." In a...
Before you upgrade your SQL Server 6.5 machine to SQL Server 2000, you need to review the production and development code that accesses the data stored in the database. With SQL Server 2000 (when you set the compatibility level to 80), you'll...
The upgrade from SQL Server 7.0 to 2000 is much less of a change than upgrading from SQL Server 6.5. The data-storage structures are the same, so the databases can be quickly and easily converted. Most of the changes in SQL Server 2000 are...