Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Report Builder 2.0 supports the full capabilities of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services including flexible report layout, data visualizations and richly formatted text. The download includes the following functionality above the RC0 release of Report Builder:
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Express 2008 Downloads
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools (SQL Server 2008 Express) is a free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express that includes graphical management tools. SQL Server 2008 Express provides powerful and reliable data management tools and rich features, data protection, and fast…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How to Rename a Column Name or Table Name
I often get requests from blog reader for T-SQL script to rename database table column name or rename table itself. Here is a video demonstrating the discussion [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xviNDISwis] The script for renaming any column : sp_RENAME 'TableName.[OldColumnName]' , '[NewColumnName]', 'COLUMN' The script for renaming any object (table, sp etc) :…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting – August 2008
I will be attending Ahmedabad SQL Server Usergroup Meeting on August 30, 2008. I will be taking session about “SQL Server CTE and Recursive CTE“. The most important part of August Meeting is there will be presentation on “Transaction Isolation Levels and Locks in SQL Server” from user group President…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – 4 Million Visits – over 675 SQL Server Articles
Thank you to all of my readers for supporting this blog. It has been wonderful journey all the way. I strongly encourage all my readers to actively contribute in discussion and writing article for blog. Today this blog has completed 4 Million visits and there are over 675 articles published…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Fix : Error : 40 – could not open a connection to SQL server – Fix Connection Problems of SQL Server
Everyday I get lots of question regarding error : An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server when connecting to SQL server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under default settings SQL server does not allow remote connection. ( provider: Named Pipes Provider,…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2008 – Configure Database Mail – Send Email From SQL Database
Today in this article I would discuss about the Database Mail which is used to send the Email using SQL Server. Previously I had discussed about SQL SERVER – Difference Between Database Mail and SQLMail. Database mail is the replacement of the SQLMail with many enhancements. So one should stop using…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – UDF – Function to Convert Text String to Title Case – Proper Case – Part 2
I had previously written SQL SERVER – UDF – Function to Convert Text String to Title Case – Proper Case and I had really enjoyed writing it. Above script converts first letter of each word from sentence to upper case. For example this function will convert this string to title…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Behind the Scene of SQL Server Activity of – Transaction Log – Shrinking Log
Imran Mohammed continues to help community of SQL Server with his very enthusiastic writing and deep understanding of SQL Server architecture. Let us read what Imran has to say about how Transaction Log works and Shrinking of Log works. Question from lauraV Please help me understand. I am taking a…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
Note:Â Download Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 by Microsoft The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2008, 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local…
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