Hi Everyone, The VSTS Database Edition GDR (which introduced support for SQL Server 2008) has just been released (RTM). Worthy of note: (from the release notes): Projects Partial projects Allowing code sharing between projects by including files from a different project, where the code is included as-is from the originating […]
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This just in from our ‘friends’ at Slashdot – a critical Microsoft patch for all “modern” Windows systems. There’s a bulletin notice located here which is pretty alarming, from the bulletin: “This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution […]
Hi all. It was great to see many familiar faces this weekend in Wagga Wagga. Everytime I consider the journey I’m a little bit hesitant, but it’s coming home that reminds me of why the journey is worth it to begin with. This year I co-presented with Matt Lynch […]
Hi Everyone, Just in case you didn’t know already this year’s SQL Code Camp is on this coming weekend in that outback pleasure paradise, Wagga Wagga – NSW. Last year I was unable to attend due to family commitments, but this year I’m going, and I’m co-presenting on […]
Hi all, Recently a new programming/IT site went into public beta (created by industry notables Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky), it’s called Stack Overflow. I’m quite fond of the concept, and it seems to be an interesting forum for posting very specific technology questions, or a good way to pose […]
Hi Everyone, The annual SQL Server Code Camp is on again this year in Wagga Wagga (NSW), Australia. The dates are October 11th and 12th at Charles Sturt University (CSU). There are some very good sessions (some backing up from the recent Tech.Ed 2008) which will be worth the journey. […]
The largest Microsoft platform development conference in Australia kicks off next week. Starting on Monday, there are several pre-conference events lined up. If you head to the SQL Server two day pre-event, you’ll bump into me. The conference kicks of in earnest on Wednesday, and we have three days jam […]
Today, as promised, Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 was released. You can download the ~800 MB Service Pack from the following location. Read about what Service Pack brings to the table here. My experience with (SP 1 Beta) has revolved around the ADO Entity Framework, but I understand that […]
Yesterday SQL Server 2008 was released but had a rather unbalanced dependency: SQL won’t install next to a copy of Visual Studio 2008 unless said Visual Studio has been applied with Service Pack 1. Problem: Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio isn’t released until August 11th. How do […]
Well, I’ve been waiting for this release since the February CTP drop was "feature complete". SQL Server 2008 went RTM today and is available to subscription owners on MSDN. This is the latest release in the SQL Server family and encompasses a number of different flavours, from the traditional Developer/Standard/Enterprise […]
If you know anything about storing meaningful data for compact (mobile) applications, you’ve probably looked at SQL Server Compact Edition or SQL Server Mobile Edition (2005) in the past. You also probably disregarded previous versions due to their inherent restrictions or lack of support for very mainstream SQL concepts and […]
Recently covered by Slashdot, Microsoft has re-released (ok, apparently the April releases were actually ‘preliminary versions‘…) the binary file format details for legacy (pre-Office 2007) Microsoft Office formats (direct link [64 MB file]) (licensing terms for using the information). Notably absent: Microsoft Access.. the hardest file format to reverse engineer. In 2001-02 when […]
Mitch Denny presents: codename ‘Rosario’ a.k.a Team Foundation Server 3.0. Edit: Rosario is the code name for the next edition of Team Foundation Server. The next release of Visual Studio Team Suite and various other denominations of Visual Studio will contain large feature improvements for Developers, Software Testers, Build Managers, […]
This coming Monday, 12th of May comes the next exciting chapter in the Readify Developer Network series of presentations. This time, it’s a single ReadiDepth session from WCF mastermind Dan "Rock Star" Crowley-Wilson. ReadiDepth – What’s new for WCF in Visual Studio 2008 presented by Daniel Crowley-Wilson. Dan will take […]
Hi! Today and Sunday I am going to be blogging live from Code Camp Oz in Wagga Wagga. This is a live blog entry, so check back for updates regularly. Alternatively, you can follow my (and other) twits on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) Running out of battery power – again. Last session […]