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So I stirred up a hornet's nest on a debate I honest did not know was so heated out there, and that being Stored Procedures vs Ad-Hoc queries. I must admit I have learned a lot, amongst other things is not to be as dogmatic about the topic if nothing else. I also think I learned to be a little more clear about what was really griping me at the ...

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 to have. But seriously you will not find me breaking from my stances. I will write more ...

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 data access with the View and DataSource controls. Beyond that it is that far too often we ...

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 a 64-Bit question contest for us to make door prizes entertaining. But one problem, how do we ...

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 for, including the FileStream and Spatial data types. I also want to see how I can leverage the ...

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 project I used in the LINQ demonstrations here on my Blog for you to download. We had one ...

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. This is a free online event that anyone can attend, it only requires you register online with the ...

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 principles of how to build proper test for stored procedures and other objects in our ...

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 to tonight's presentation is Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System: ...

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 sessions all focused on your organizations use of SQL Server now and moving into the ...