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November 2005 - Posts

Embedding SQL Server Express, Custom Installs, Click Once and other fun stuff

There is a new article by folks on the VS and SQL Teams about how to embed the installation of SQL Express into you app, lots of good stuff in here including a wrapper class for the MSI options. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 6:00 AM by euanga | 2 Comments
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Potential Fix for SSMS-E (SQL Server Management Studio - Express Edition) Problems

Steve Twitchell has posted a new download for SSMS-E that should fix the install problem related to other AppIDs, specifically BOL. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:00 AM by euanga | 2 Comments
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Fools seldom differ, Day 26 of the blog frequency experiment

It seems that Ken Henderson and I have been trying the same experiment , without knowing about it. For the last month (actually 26 days to be precise) I comitted to myself to blog every day, partly as I had been lax in my blogging and also because I knew Read More...
Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 6:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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SQL Server + Perl?

Erland (one of the SQL Server MVPs) has been working ona SQL Server connectivity module for Perl based on OLE DB, you can find it here . Read More...
Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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Troubleshooting SQL2005 Perf WP, from the folks that really know...

New WP published a little while back that talks about troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 using some of the new technologies to help. Its written by the customer advisory team, Customer Support Team and members of SQL Server Database engine team, in other Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 4 Comments
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Need a book on Analysis Services 2005?

Good list here , I did review one of these and was impressed, I hope the others are all as good as it was. More lists as I find them or create them. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 2 Comments
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GotDotNet is having a birthday!

The Gotdotnet team is throwing a Birthday Party and all Gotdotnet users are invited! The party will occur at the Microsoft Visitor Center this Friday, November 18, 2005 between 6PM and 10PM. For more event details, see here or visit the Gotdotnet homepage. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 3 Comments
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SSIS and Fuzzy Cleansing

Great article on cleansing using SSIS Fuzzy technologies here. Read More...
Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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Another great blog, MS.COM operations

Some really great info on logparser and 64 bit amongst other subjects in here. These guys run the 4th largest web property in the world, and they do an amazing job. Time to add the TechNet blogs community page to my aggregator methinks! Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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SQL Server Learning Survey

SQL Server Learning Survey - International If you live outside of the United States or Canada , w e want to know more about your experience with SQL Server ! How did you initially learn to use SQL ? What are your preferences for learning new topics? What Read More...
Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 2:17 PM by euanga | 1 Comments
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Scalable Shared Databases, WOW!!!

New KB to discuss this here Read More...
Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 3 Comments
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SSMS-E Does not start, a potential fix

Looks like Steve Twitchell has worked out why SSMS-E has not been starting on some folks machines, the thread is here. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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More Downloads for SQL Server 2005, get em while they are hot!!!

The first SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 6 Comments
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SQL Server Management Studio Express Edition

Is quite a mouthful but its also available to download in CTP form! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 16 Comments
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LAUNCH DAY!!! Why are we doing such tight integration between VS and SQL Server anyway?

I’ve just come out of SteveB’s jam packed keynote I thought I would take the chance to write down some thoughts on why the VS integration is a key component of this SQL Server release. First of all we should really be talking about our integration with Read More...
Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 2:34 PM by euanga | 1 Comments
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On the road for launch

Well in case you hadn't noticed we are launching SQL Server 2005, VS 2005 and Biztalk 2006 on Monday. I'll be hanging out in the ask the experts booth for most of the day but I also have a cabana session at lunch and then I have a breakout presentation Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 06, 2005 12:05 PM by euanga | 3 Comments
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TroubleShooting Connections

The SQL Server Protocols Team has a blog and a great 2 part post on troubleshooting connections. Part 1 Part 2 There is other good stuff on there and I'm sure there will be more. Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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TechNet Magazine, SQL Server Q&A, cool info

TechNet Magazine has a bunch of great Q&A, some of the questions and answers are culled from internal support alias’s so the answers are frequently from members of the dev team or support team, good stuff. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 1 Comments
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Easy to miss awesome blogs

I use BlogJet to do most of my posting if ind the offline and editing stuff pretty easy and its a snap to upload images to another site ( we don’t have an image store for msdn blogs so they have to go to another site and get linked). The one thing it Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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November SQL Server Web Casts on MSDN

List is here , interestingly enough I couldn’t find a similar page on MSDN, must have a chat with them about that… Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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Are you ready to get REAL with SQLServer 2005?

The team working on P roject REAL have done some amazing work and have been documenting/talking about every step. They have a full day at SQL Connections the week we launch on SQL Server 2005. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:00 AM by euanga | 0 Comments
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