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First, wow, I never ever dreamed pushing that publish button on something I wrote in about 20 minutes would get so much play! Thanks for all who shared their opinions, I enjoyed them all. Please feel free to share more, I think this is such a good discussion
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I hate several things about programming in the .NET stack, well not really that they affect me now. But it is really some of the ways we teach new .NET programmers to program in the .NET stack. Primarily it relates to the way we teach newbies how to manager
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At the Raleigh Code Camp things went pretty well. There of course were things here and there that did not go according to plan, one of those was how are we going to select door prize winners at the end of the day? Richard Campbell had offered to conduct
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I am sort of disappointed to say the latest version of SQL Server will release in Q3 this year , which is not next month like I thought. So hold off on your upgrade plans for now. I am excited about this release. There are many new features I am waiting
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Thanks to everyone who attended the event this afternoon. Sorry about the technical glitches, but remember the Get Ready for SQL 2008 presentations will be available on the site for the next year so you can view it anytime you want. I have posted the
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Last week I recorded a session for SQL Magazine's 'Get Ready for SQL 2008' virtual event next Thursday. I actually made a post about the event on January 2nd . I had not been contacted about making a recording at that point, so this was a great honor.
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First I never got a chance to thank Andy Leonard for coming to TRINUG last week and showing us how to Unit test our SQL Server databases. I know I have pondered this in the past but never really got the nerve up to actually do it. Andy went over the basic
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I know this is late notice, but my friend and Solid Quality Mentor peer will be speaking at tonight's TRINUG meeting. He will be covering testing databases using Visual Studio Team System Database Edition. Andy is the author of several books, pertinent
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I want to personally invite you to our upcoming SQL Server 2008 Virtual Event. I’m excited about this event sponsored by SQL Server magazine and featuring some of my fellow Solid Quality Mentors. It features keynote address and additional tracks for specialized
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There are so many built-in functions and keywords in SQL Server to help our applications perform and the coding is so easy that many get lost in the breadth of everyday needs. A few months ago I came across a function that I did not recall seeing before,
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I like to use CodeSmith to generate a lot of my common code. I hope to make my templates more efficient in the coming months and share some of that with you as it happens. But last week, well late Friday afternoon I was presented with a challenge at a
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Looks like we have an update to SQL Server 2005, Service Pack 2 has not been released. Key features are Vista and Office 2007 compatability. Other items include Data-Mining, Reporting and Analysis Services, Data Compression, Management Services and Interoperability
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ran across Alex Cambell's entry on migrating from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 on a new box. I think it about sums up what I did this past summer.
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