#sql-server-2005

Locking in SQL Server and the nolock and readpast hints

I’ve written about transactions, the TransactionScope in .NET before. System.Transact...

Query analyzer for SQL Server 20052008

Wouldn’t you like to be able to use the Query Analyzer again? I couldn’t count the nu...

.NET 3.5 Summer Class was… awesome!

The weekendafter has passed and I’ve slept through most of it. Man did we use up som...

Cannot drop database because of replication

Wow it’s been some time since I blogged. Mainly because of being very busy at work an...

System.Transactions still not working

UPDATE It seems the SQL team actually have build a solution.  A while ago I wrote s...

Shrink your SQL 2005 transaction logfiles

This might come in handy for some of you, as it did for me. I normally don’t have pro...

System.Transactions ReadUncommitted

Download code & sql scripts here I got a question today about setting the isolationle...

Running Vista; Part 3

SQL Server 2005 problem solved. The ISO’s I used were probably corrupted. I installed...

Secure databases SQL Server vs. Oracle

Via Steve Eichert I came across an article about database security. It’s based on sec...

Running Vista; Part 2

So I’m still running Vista and guess what… I got my first BSOD this morning! I can’t ...

SQL Server 2005 CLR integration and assembly registering troubles

For the first time in my life I’m playing around with the new SQL Server 2005 .NET CL...