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"Katmai" test statistics:
21 August 08 07:40 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
I thought you might be interested in a few statistics about the latest release of SQL Server 2008. We still refer to our products with the code names, so you'll still hear us refer to 2K8 as "Katmai". Every day we used over 4000 lab machines to execute Read More...
SQL Server 2008 Postage Stamps
14 August 08 06:44 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
One of the hottest items at the U.S, TechEd 2008 conference was the set of official U.S. postage stamps that have the new SQL Server 2008 logo on them. If you weren't there to get yours, you can now order some, for a limited time. Here's the link, along Read More...
Checking the "Feedback" Box
11 August 08 06:46 AM | Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
If you're installing SQL Server 2008, you'll get a panel near the end of the installation process that asks you if we can collect data on how you use the product. Check those boxes! I was with someone one time during their installation, and when that Read More...
News Flash: SQL Server 2008 is here
06 August 08 10:52 AM | Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
You can find it on MSDN Subscriber Downloads and TechNet Subscriber Downloads . Either search for SQL Server 2008 or navigate under Servers then to SQL Server 2008. http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx Read More...
Managing Other Platforms
05 August 08 06:31 AM | Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
We often get asked if we will ever create a tool that will manage not only SQL Server but other vendor's systems. I understand the desire - when I was a DBA I had several systems that I managed, and I wanted a tool that would do it all as well. I even Read More...
PHP Driver Update
31 July 08 06:45 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
I've mentioned this driver for SQL Server before, but in case you have any boxes out there that you're using PHP on, make sure you check out this update. Here's the announcement, straight from the team: Version 1.0 RTM of the SQL Server 2005 Driver for Read More...
A Friendly Reminder to Check Those Backups
30 July 08 09:05 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
As I rode home on the bus yestereday a young lady sitting next to me noticed me typing on my laptop, and asked me a question about, of all things, backups! She worked in a medical facility, and wondered why their backups took longer by the end of the Read More...
DATAllegro Acquisition
25 July 08 07:02 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
You may have seen the announcements yesterday, but in case you haven’t, we had a pretty big acquisition announced at Microsoft yesterday that is great news for SQL Server. DATAllegro Inc. , a provider of data warehouse appliances. DATAllegro specializes Read More...
Velocity
21 July 08 06:52 AM | Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
If you attended TechEd Developers week you may have encountered the of the SQL Server Data Programmability team were announcing the Microsoft Sync Framework , or Project “Velocity” .  As a DBA or developer, you’re likely to run Read More...
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Free "Basic Training" for SQL Server
17 July 08 08:57 AM | Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
I answer a lot of questions about SQL Server - on forums, in newsgroups, in presentations and so on - and many are "101", or basic questions. That's great! I don't have a problem with that at all - I enjoy helping someone that is new to SQL Server learn Read More...
Stopping SQL Injection in its Tracks
25 June 08 09:07 AM | Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
I will be getting back to the "Day in the Life of the DBA" series of posts, but I got this from the security folks today and thought I would share it: Today the MSRC in collaboration with SQL Server, IIS, and Hewlett Packard published Microsoft Security Read More...
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PHP Driver for 2005 is available
03 June 08 09:18 AM | Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
You can now download our CTP release of the new PHP driver for SQL Server and explore the sample application described in the .chm file. If you'd prefer to access the documentation on-line, it's available on the MSDN site . We welcome your feedback at Read More...
SQL Injection Attacks
30 May 08 03:12 PM | Buck Woody | 5 Comments   
You might have read recently that there have been ongoing SQL injection attacks against vulnerable web applications occurring over the last few months. These attacks have received recurring attention in the press as they pop up in various geographies Read More...
Getting Bit by Forgetting
20 May 08 09:53 AM | Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
I was working on a SQL Server 2005 system yesterday and I had really awful performance on one of my queries. I just couldn't figure out why it was running slow. I decided to use the new SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Debugger on the code, and sure enough - I found Read More...
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Simulating Multiple Connections
19 May 08 09:11 AM | Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
As I was giving a demo of the new multi-query capabilities the other day, I was asked how I had four Instances installed on one small, underpowered laptop. In fact, I don't - I have one instance of SQL Server 2005 and one Instance of SQL Server 2008 installed. Read More...
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