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Let's Face it, when working with Sql Server it does pose many security threats when unsecured, even while secure you have an ultimate login to try and crack. That of course is the "SA". Unless you set up your Sql Server to NT Authentication only, but sometimes you don't have much of a choice. The following article has some interesting methods to try and upgrade your passwords to be MORE secure. Find SA Password (Brute Force) Find Passwords (Dictionary) Analysis of Password Security Password Generator ASCII Table

Sql Server 2000 Reporting Services is an awesome reporting tool, but what they forgot to pack in is something simple like a 2nd Y axis (wich I still haven't figured out how to do), and a stinking Trendline. I mean, c'mon, even EXCEL does trendlines! So my quickie solution is the following script, All you have to do is populate the @TrendTable and you're on your way!!! DECLARE @TrendTable TABLE (PID INT IDENTITY (1,1), XColumn smalldatetime, YColumn1 REAL, YColumn2 INT, Trend REAL) --------- /* At this point populate the @TrendTable with your data, the Xcolumn is of course plotted data on the x axis, On this example I've put in a Y column and a 2nd Y column for your charting needs, YColumn1 is the column that will be trended. */ -------- DECLARE @n REAL DECLARE @sumX REAL DECLARE @sumY REAL DECLARE @sumXY REAL DECLARE @sumX2 REAL DECLARE @sumY2 REAL DECLARE @sumX_2 REAL DECLARE @sumY_2 REAL DECLARE @m REAL DECLARE @b REAL DECLARE @r REAL SELECT @n = COUNT...