And in this case it's stupid in terms of not smart instead of people I don't like. Although I still don't like them. Adding the CAPTCHA test to the comment page has greatly reduced the amount of spam the blogs receive. Now these morons…
Test. Yes, another infamous test post.…
The blogs are throwing errors when you try to view an individual post. I'm working on it and I'll have more information once I figure out what's going on. UPDATE: I saved the web.config file to the web site. That apparently caused the…
The downside of having a blog and SQLTeam.com is that I feel like I have to post some things in both places. And this is one of those things. The Developer Edition of SQL Server 2005 is "available" on MSDN. MSDN is swamped so good luck getting…
I'll be working a booth at the SQL Server 2005 launch event [http://www.technetevents.com/launch/] in Kansas City. This is an all day event with developer topics in the morning and DBA topics in the afternoon.…
Of all the presentations that MS submitted for the PASS Conference, this was the one that intrigued me the most. It's on Wednesday at 1:30PM and is being delivered by Alan Griver [http://ew.sqlpass.org/ew/pass/displaymod/detailevent.cfm?conference_id=11&event_id=…
PASS sent out an email tonight with the slate of candidates [http://www.sqlpass.org/member/elections/index.cfm] for the Board of Directors so it's official. I'm running for the Board of Directors for PASS. There are six people running for three slots and it&…
The folks that brought you the SQL Server Roadshow have a free seminar for SQL Serve 2005 [http://www.windowsitpro.com/roadshows/sqlserverdba/index.cfm]. It focuses on the DBA side and looks pretty interesting. Their marketing pitch reads: In this free, half-day event you’ll learn how the top…
From the Visual Studio Data Team blog [http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdata/archive/2005/09/12/Announcing_Linq.aspx] ... At the PDC Microsoft announced LINQ (Language Independant Query) Framework. This gives you the ability to use a SQL-like language on your collections (anything IEnumerable). The example from the blog is:…
Just a reminder that I'll be speaking at the Kansas City .NET SIG [http://dotnetsig.org/meeting.aspx#JULY2005] on Tuesday, July 26th, 2005. Suprisingly enough I'm going to be talking about SQL Server. The talk is titled What I Wish Developers Knew About SQL Server.…