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Life, the Universe, MS, VS, Testing and SQL Server

Had a fascinating conversation with one of our partners today, the meeting was about how they should...

Date: 04/21/2009

I have received a ton of private mail on this, hence rather than just pasting the same answer in I’m...

Date: 04/14/2009

Get it here

Date: 10/20/2008

While SSIS has always been able to load SQL Server at high speed it doesn't use any of the high...

Date: 10/05/2008

One of the most common asks for SQL Server related to servicing/patching (after uninstall of...

Date: 09/30/2008

Ok so not everything for SQL Server 2008 is available yet, Report Builder is going to have a lag,...

Date: 08/25/2008

Get it here. That should not be all the pieces of SQL Server 2008 available.

Date: 08/25/2008

Get it here. No tools or advanced services yet, but they will be here shortly. Good info on this...

Date: 08/11/2008

In short there is a "rolling thunder" plan to both release bits and update all the sites. Yesterday...

Date: 08/07/2008

Ok lots of folks are confused and are having their installations bounced. There is some info in the...

Date: 08/07/2008

I'm forward dating this, but as you read this the bits should start becoming available. Congrats to...

Date: 08/06/2008

Details are here...

Date: 06/07/2008

Read all about it here...

Date: 06/05/2008

Somehow I managed to miss this one (thanks to Erland for the pointer). Folks have been asking for...

Date: 05/31/2008

Ever had to take over the code for a system you did not define? Ever found the documentation for...

Date: 05/28/2008

Jeff has a follow up post to the demos from Mix here. The silverlight unit test framework is based...

Date: 03/20/2008

The SQL 2008, VS2008, Windows Sever 2008 launch event in the US happened this week. Dan Jones has...

Date: 03/01/2008

Apparently there is an issue in the CTPs of SQL Server 2008 related to leap year. Although there is...

Date: 02/29/2008

https://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/download.mspx Update: While this...

Date: 02/19/2008

If you were at Seattle Code Camp this morning and heard me mention the new WCF load testing work...

Date: 01/27/2008

Here is a nice picture of all the version numbers, now I still see a bunch of folks who are confused...

Date: 01/24/2008

I love our MVPs (most of the time <g>) I was about to sit down, after watching the Seahawks...

Date: 12/09/2007

Title says it all, but is this really a feature you can benefit from or is it some piece of random...

Date: 12/05/2007

I've talked about the SQLCAT team before and the great content they produce, you may have had a...

Date: 12/05/2007

There are a bunch of features in SQL 2008 that have been on the ask list for a VERY long time. I...

Date: 11/23/2007

For those of you who remember the "fun" days of the Yukon + Whidbey dance you are likely trying to...

Date: 11/21/2007

Just got the following link from Connect; Looks like the first version of SQL 2008 Express is...

Date: 11/19/2007

Looks like some folks are confused about the functionality and differences so let me try and explain...

Date: 11/07/2007

(Updated, fixed broken links mangled by Live Writer) Thanks to Francois here is a bunch of info on...

Date: 11/06/2007

CTRL - R

Date: 10/10/2007

Is it good or bad that we have cartoons about SQL Injection related problems? https://xkcd.com/327/...

Date: 10/10/2007

Once again from the internal dbtalk alias. The person in question recreated their database from...

Date: 10/03/2007

Great little tidbit from the forums here, if you want to change the speed of animation of the fly...

Date: 10/01/2007

Stealing shamelessly from the mail Gert sent internally, I'm downloading now... The Power Tools...

Date: 08/13/2007

Just got this from connect, looks like a good bunch of info coming; We wanted to remind you that our...

Date: 08/11/2007

Dan Fay from the eScience Team(I did not even know we had one of those) has found a great WP from...

Date: 08/03/2007

Jeff Beehler sent the big mail, long blog post with lots of screen shots to follow over the weekend....

Date: 08/03/2007

Nothing quite like cutting it fine on the naming still being valid :-) Get all the info and...

Date: 07/31/2007

Brian let the cat out of the bag earlier today, then Doug confirmed it. The project I came over to...

Date: 07/25/2007

Gert has all the details.

Date: 07/25/2007

At the World Wide Partner Conference (WWPC) this week Kevin Turner announced a launch date for the...

Date: 07/11/2007

(If you don't want to read the blurb just download) The SQL Team has had a long flirtation with...

Date: 07/05/2007

This sneaked out, it does not say CTP so are we to presume this is a production version? UPDATE:...

Date: 07/04/2007

Matthias has the details here about when support will run out for that SP.

Date: 07/04/2007

There are web casts on the key new features in SQL Server 2008 coming, here the schedule is below...

Date: 06/04/2007

You can get the CTP here and Dave Campbell did/is doing a web cast here. Enjoy, however remember one...

Date: 06/04/2007

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