http://www.simple-talk.com/this is the simpletalk site rss feed09 October 2008T-SQL ProgrammingAlex KozakAlex Kozak provides another SQL puzzle to hone your SQL Skills with. http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/the-bejeweled-puzzle-in-sql/04 October 2008SQL ToolsRobert SheldonFor all of us who learn best by trying out examples, Bob Sheldon produces a PowerShell script file for SQL Server that can be used in either SQL Server 2005 or 2008, has error handling and prompts for user-input, is easily extended and, does something useful. He then explains how to run it and what each line does. Magichttp://www.simple-talk.com/sql/sql-tools/using-powershell-to-generate-table-creation-scripts/03 October 2008John MagnaboscoJohnmJohn gives a quick review to provide the novice cryptographer with some basic information that will help begin to lift the fog in the implementation of this valuable feature of SQL Server.http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/johnm/69844.aspx02 October 2008Exchange ArticlesBrien PoseyIn Exchange Server 2007, Information Rights management is easy to set up once you have set up the prerequisites. It is also much cheaper, and easier to use. This is just as well, because of the increasing statutory regulations to prevent the mishandling of confidential information in emailshttp://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/configuring-exchange-server-2007-to-support-information-rights-management/30 September 2008Tony DavisTony DavisOn 18-21 November this year, in the great city of Seattle, PASS will be holding their 10th annual conference. If you work with SQL Server, you should attend if you possibly can. It's an independently-organized summit, but with the hand of Microsoft firmly up its sweater. http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/tony_davis/69766.aspx30 September 2008.Net ToolsRichard MorrisRichard Morris met David and Nigel of the SQL Response team, in a dim sum Restaurant in Cambridge. They had just finished a new Red-Gate product called SQL Response. Away from the office, they described the fourteen month software project that had been dominating their lives; and they were still able to say that they loved writing software.http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-tools/sql-response-the-dim-sum-interview/30 September 2008Database AdministrationRon DameronRon describes how he decided to study Powershell as a single scripting system to automate all the common repetitive server tasks. He concludes that time spent learning PowerShell is time well spent, and that it can help a great deal in understanding the .NET Frameworkhttp://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/why-this-sql-server-dba-is-learning-powershell/29 September 2008Learn SQL ServerJoe WebbDesigners of database systems will often assume that the use of a clustered index is always the best approach. However the nonclustered Covering index will usually provide the optimum performance of a query. http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/using-covering-indexes-to-improve-query-performance/22 September 2008.Net FrameworkChris MasseyWe're giving away ten free copies of ANTS 4 to the best answers to four simple questions about ANTS 4, and the judge of the answers will be Andrew Hunter, one of the authors of ANTS 4. Are you ready to help reveal the Mysteries of the .NET Framework?http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/mysteries-of-the-net-framework-the-challenge/19 September 2008Learn SQL ServerRobyn Page and Phil FactorRobyn Page and Phil Factor explore the innocent subject of Keys for their latest workbench. Everybody knows about keys. Oh yeah? Phil Factor ends up muting the immutable out of sheer devilry, and we learn how silly the British Secret Service were to tag James Bond with the code '007'http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/database-design-workbench---keys/