TechEd 2007 – I’ll be there
I’ll be at TechEd 2007 in Orlando next month doing a breakout session on SQL Server 2005 scaleout technologies, as well as a couple of
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I’ll be at TechEd 2007 in Orlando next month doing a breakout session on SQL Server 2005 scaleout technologies, as well as a couple of
The day after Orcas Beta1 appeared for public download reports appeared on the ADO.NET Technology Preview forum that the EDM Wizard (that is, "Add New
SQLCE 3.5 comes with an ADO.NET data provider that supports entities, by supporting the ADO.NET 3.5 entity data model (EDM). I noticed this in Orcas
One of the latest developments in the SQLCE space is the beta for ADO.NET Sync Services. Sync Services ships as a standalone download, runnable on
So now that I've found SQLCE and know which version I have, what can I do with it besides use the ADO.NET and OLE DB
As part of a project, I've had occasion to look at the SQL Server Compact Edition in earnest. Although I've taken a cursory glance before
I always look through the SQL Server 2005 samples with each new incantation, and always seem to find things in there that are new and
I just returned from Microsoft Developer and ITPro days in Ghent, Belgium. The hospitality was great, and the event itself drew some big crowds of
For folks that have been asking…my latest whitepaper "SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices – Operational and Administrative Tasks" was posted on the Technet website
Next week (28-29 Mar) I’ll be doing some talks on SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET vNext at DevDays Belgium in Ghent. On 28 Mar, I’ll also
Since SQL Server 2005 was introduced with .NET programming support, folks have been trying to push the boundaries of what can be used in SQLCLR
One thing that I thought was particularly interesting in the Orcas Mar CTP was support for stored procedures. This support exists in LINQ to SQL
SQL Server SP2 was released last Monday. The links were posted on many blogs, so I won't repost any but the main one here. SP2
Next month I’m looking forward to speaking at DevDays in Ghent Belgium on SQL Server 2005 and on ADO.NET vNext. The conference is being held on 27-29 Mar, but
My SSIS whitepaper, which was available in draft form on the SSIS wiki, is live on the Microsoft web site today. For anyone who is
Peter DeBetta recently tagged me in what is called “blog tag”. When I described it to Mary, she named it “blog chain letter” and said
The companion whitepaper to my "Planning, Implementing, and Administering Scaleout Solutions with SQL Server 2005" whitepaper (see yesterday's post) is available. This whitepaper is called
I've been working on some whitepapers on scaleout technologies in SQL Server 2005. The first whitepaper is now available; I don't have the main link,
Michael Rys (and who would know better/sooner about this) just announced on his blog that XQuery 1.0 and associated specs (including XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0)
The SQL Server 2005 Integration Services team has posted a draft of my SSIS Connectivity Whitepaper on their connectivity wiki at http://ssis.wik.is (note the change in
Thought I'd answer one last question or two from the last time I did the talk on SQL Server 2005 plan guides. If you're asking at this point
Here's another blog posting to answer a question from over a month ago. With separation of users and schemas, its known that the CREATE USER
It's been over a month since I've blogged, confirmed by the previous blog entry when "it's sunny in Barcelona". Thought I'd blog about a question that
I’m at ITForum in Barcelona, day 2. I’ve got the 17:00 talk and its on Troubleshooting Service Broker. It’s warm and sunny outside, especially for
I’m at ITForum in Barcelona this week. I’ll be speaking on three topics that are: 1. Completely or almost completely new in SQL Server 20052.
Last week at TechEd I was showing off Query Notifications. When I showed using the preprovisioned queue (overloads on SqlDependency.Start and SqlDependency constructor), a delegate
I've been doing my talk on try-catch in T-SQL for a while and whining about not being able to "rethrow" (via RAISERROR) a system error.
Sorry, I know that slogan has been used already. Thanks to everyone who showed up for the SMO/Powershell chalk talk at TechEd Barcelona today. Here,
I'm in Barcelona in TechEd and tomorrow I'm going to be doing a chalk talk on SQL Server Management Objects (SMO). Although I'd usually done my
When I discuss separation of users and schemas in SQL Server 2005, I usually think of ownership chains (that follow the object owner which is
Quite a while ago, someone (I forget who) was soliciting opinions on whether or not LINQ and ADO.NET vNext EDM should be able to run
Haven’t written in a while. I’ve been back from Hong Kong for a few weeks (had a fantastic time, thanks folks), and, a few days
I did a talk yesterday at TechEd Hong Kong on ADO.NET vNext. Most of them just wanted to know what ADO.NET vNext was about. Short
When installing previous versions of SQL Server, I'd always keep a list of the exact privileges that a SQL Server service account would need. I'd
There was a newsgroup discussion recently about the intricacies of Multiple Active Resultsets in SQL Server 2005, and one of the questions that came up
Thanks to those who came to my webcast today on SQL Server 2005. Between this webcast and the other upgrading webcasts that are available on
I've noticed that, as more companies want to run SQL Server applications 24x7x365 interest of clustering has increased dramatically. One of the most asked-for papers
I’ve been honing my slides and polishing up my demos for TechEd 2006 Hong Kong at the end of September. I’ll be doing some breakouts
You’ve read the specs. Now get the bits. Here. Note that “vNext” isn’t V3.0, which doesn’t include these new ADO.NET items. vNext is the release after
When I first heard about it, I didn't think the DEFAULT contract in Service Broker had the potential to cause confusion. Goes to show what
I got email today notifying me that Dan Sullivan and my new book on SQL Server, “A Programmer’s Guide to SQL Server 2005” is on
I came across a new article, "Data Access Tracing In SQL Server 2005" at MSDN and I'm listed as one of the authors. That's interesting, as
Sometimes I’ll have these interesting juxtapositions of two or more projects I’m working on at the same time. So what does Joe Celko have to
Just got back from the SQLskills Immersion event in Chicago. There were a couple of bonus sessions, with Kimberly doing a high-availability talk for Microsoft
We had some very talented technical reviewers for our “Programmer’s Guide to SQL Server 2005” book. Some of them, like Greg Low and Roger Wolter,
After having a go at the information on the Entity Framework and other ADO.NET 3.0 papers that were posted about a month ago, I was
Even now, although SQL Server 2005 has been for about 3/4 of a year, when I teach people about the new developer features, I'm still
If you hadn’t noticed, I’ve stopped taking comments and trackbacks for a while. I figured if you’all like video poker, you know where to find it.
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