John Paul Cook
   

John Paul Cook is a database and systems architect in Houston, Texas. His primary focus is helping large enterprise customers succeed with SQL Server, virtualization, and Visual Studio Team System. He has multiple Microsoft and Oracle certifications and is a Microsoft MVP.
Email address: johnpaulcook@email.com

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March 2006

Zip Your Data This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

Add compression capabilities to SQL Server 2005 by leveraging the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and taking advantage of the new varbinary(max) data type.

SQL Server Magazine

March 2006

Compression Basics This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

If you're embarking on a solution for compressing data, you'll find this compression overview helpful.

SQL Server Magazine

January 13, 2006

Can I Have a Reference?

SQL Server Projects restrict the custom .NET assemblies you can reference.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2005

SQL Server 2005 Express and Workgroup: Scaled Back, Yet Feature-Rich This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition provide many SQL Server 2005 features and are geared toward the needs of developers and smaller organizations.

SQL Server Magazine

May 2005

Easy Coding with SMO This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

SMO, the new programming access layer in SQL Server 2005, lets you quickly and easily develop applications while reducing coding errors and increasing the likelihood that your solution will work the first time.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2001

SQL Server and Oracle: Making the Connection This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

Linking servers is fairly straightforward when they're all SQL Servers--but what happens when your company has data in both SQL Server and Oracle? Here's a guide to what Microsoft and Oracle don't tell you.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2001

System Procedures for Obtaining Linked-Server Metadata This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

Some SQL Server system stored procedures can help you obtain Oracle metadata from a linked Oracle server.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2001

Transactions This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

Learn how to deal with differences in how SQL Server and Oracle treat transaction commitment.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2001

Analyzing Linked-Server Queries This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

To fully analyze an Oracle linked-server query, you need to use Oracle's SQL Trace facility.

SQL Server Magazine

November 2001

Executing Stored Procedures Remotely This article is only available to subscribers. Sign up now and get instant access!

You can't use a linked server to execute an Oracle stored procedure from SQL Server, but you can update an Oracle table from a linked-server query.

SQL Server Magazine

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