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 […]
Today I received by registered mail an LP I won in an online auction: Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan. This was and remains, I think, an epic album. The copy I have is an original made in England. Not sure whether it’s a first pressing or not. I’m also […]
Hi all, Thanks for the memories…the blog is now clocking over 14,000 unique vists since October 2006. Hopefully I can keep up the ah ..interesting.. content. Next week I am in Melbourne on Monday and Tuesday for some internal training and will be back in Brisbane at midnight […]
[Mini Project] That’s right, starting this week I will focus on a mini project which you can following along with at home. Details will be released later this week, but let’s just say you’ll need a copy of Visual Studio 2008 and the latest Release Candidate of SQL Server 2008 […]
Sometimes I wonder if this is really news, or just kindling to get me fired up.. Just in from the shores of the European Union – plans afoot to extend *retroactively* copyright on musical works by an insane 45 years. Please join me in a chorus of “you’ve-got-to-be-joking”. This means that […]
Hi Everyone, Quick note: if you found this information helped you, please leave a comment – thanks! Well, chances are that if you’re using Hypervisor (Hyper-V) as I am, you might also be using a Wireless Network Interface Card (NIC) to connect to the Internet and/or other sources. Personally, I […]
Hi Everyone, Given that (Microsoft’s) TechEd 2008 is a little over a month away now, I thought I might find out who is planning on attending in Sydney this year? Last year I didn’t think about it until the week before TechEd. This year, I’m thinking it would be a […]
Well, in an article that should shock no one, Australians are paying too much for video games [smh] (both online and retail). This will come as no shock to anyone who has ever been overseas – and applies to many other markets equally, especially automotive (cars in the US are […]
Hi Folks, This week the blog entries may vary as I have sporadic access to emails and so forth. Entries may vary in length and regularity. Normal service will resume soon. Please vote on the previous two posts! Cheers, /R
Well, how my blog writing process goes (yes, there is actually a process) is that I typically think of something to write about – and then I’ll post a draft to the blog. This can happen almost any time of the day or night. What basically ends up happening, is […]
My folks are visiting Washington DC this week, so I started musing about US Presidents. This is timely, given that it’s an election year. So, I was thinking, of the choices listed below who would you (hypothetically) vote for if an election was called today, assuming the people below were […]
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 […]