In Part 1, we were introduced to the concept of SQL Data Services (SDS) and the fundamental design. In Part 2, we looked at the options for authentication, data access and the SDS SDK (helpful tools). In this entry we will look at using the SOAP interface to create an […]
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Yesterday, Part 1 in this series introduced you to the basic fundamentals behind SQL Data Services (SDS). The official definition of SQL Data Services is below. “Microsoft SQL Data Services (SDS) offers highly scalable and Internet-facing distributed database services in the cloud for storing and processing relational queries. SDS can […]
Recently, SQL Data Services (SDS) were published as a Community Technical Preview (CTP). Registering via Microsoft Connect, I’ve been able to start building a sample application which is designed to make use of SDS for online real-time queries. This blog entry forms part of the [MiniProject] documentation – the Mini […]
Nothing gets my blood boiling faster than any product which automatically tries to make a remote connection without you asking it to. Team Explorer is integrated into Visual Studio and will try to make a connection to Team Foundation whenever the tab (if you have docked it so) gets focus. […]
“The rumors are confirmed! Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively-multiplayer game set in the critically acclaimed world of Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was officially announced this week at a press event held at the LucasArts campus in San Francisco.“ Ugh. Rather than build KOTOR:III which would have […]
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 […]
Well, I’ve found this link here which explains some of the fixes in the recently released patch for the frequently buggy Madden NFL 2009. Looks like they have adjusted the player progression bug in Franchise mode – and I can officially verify that it takes effect immediately once applied (to […]
Tonight I powered on the Xbox 360 to be told there is a patch available for Madden NFL 09. I have no idea what the update is for, but I apply it anyway. I’ll do some digging around to find out what it is supposed to fix. In any case, […]
Well, fresh from my previous post on Madden, I’m in a new and potentially blocking situation: I can’t save. I’d really, *really* like to hear from anybody who has suffered from “Freeze syndrome” – i.e. random console locks when playing Madden NFL 2009. It seems that I’ve had a lockup […]
I’d like to help London Studios (creator of the very successful SingStar franchise) sell a few more games. There are a number of tracks I’d like to see – these are songs you might find if you wander into a pub and hear the odd tune. This isn’t just a […]
New year, same glitches. So fans of this blog and of EA Sport’s Madden franchise (in particular on the Xbox 360) will know that Madden NFL 2008 was basically a release which no one in their right mind would have enjoyed given the heinous defects encountered – especially in franchise […]
This is going to be a long post. In fact, I’m very unlikely to finish it in one session, so check back for updates. This year I was very lucky enough (a huge thank you to Readify) to attend the SQL Server 2-day conference event (The SQL Server Summit) which […]
This evening I finally uploaded my Tech.Ed 2008 Chalk Talk presentation slides [zip file] (SQL Server 2008 CE and the Entity Framework) for those who are interested. The complete presentation will be given at SQL Code camp next month. Here’s the slide deck and the sample code from SQL […]
Mitch Denny recently passed this link around an internal tech list. Now, as developers (or software engineers) we do have some odd eccentricities. We typically work in far different environments to the contrast of many traditional industries/work environments, and the challenges of day to day life seem to be somewhat […]