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Transactions have received a very elaborate revamp in .NET V2. Now things are unified and bring a very real and usuable framework that facilates consistency in any form of state transformation, as transactions are not only a database thing after all! Read More...
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Today, as we write application code we generally are not dealing with immutable state/data, we are applying application logic to state/data so that it transforms from one known state to another known state in a consistent, all or nothing fashion. Today, Read More...
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In general, when we think of Transactions we tend to think of database transactions. Databases are a great example of how a data server can implement transactions and therefore handle concurrency, provide isolation and provide consistency. The concept Read More...
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When thinking about Transactions, I think it is fair to say that Transactions are one of the most powerful and frequently used paradigms in Enterprise Computing today. With Transactions, we have a collection of patterns that deal with how concurrency Read More...
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In my last blog posting, How should we think of Transactions ? I mentioned Volatile transactions and how I currently think they can be perceived in different ways! Do they have ACID, ACId or ACI properties? In case you do not know what Volatile Transactions Read More...
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Starting from Monday the 6th of December these is going to be a series of 15 Webcasts on SQL Server 2005. For more details have a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/SQL/2005Webcasts/ . Topics covered include: Overview of the new Developer features in SQL Read More...
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What is particularly interesting about HTTP.SYS is that it has an API and it can be used to write/roll your own HTTP endpoint. Nice!! Currently there is only a C API , but with Whidbey you have access to a managed API to HTTP.SYS. Here is a sample (via Read More...
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From Jan till July of next year, the Route64 Training Tour is visiting over 20 cities providing: Windows 64-bit Hands-On Training is a 3-day training designed to provide the most comprehensive contents of of what it takes to fully leverage Windows on Read More...
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For further info, go to: The Advantages of Running SAP Applications on SQL Server 2000 (64-Bit) And for a central resourse on SAP running on the MS platform, have a look at the Microsoft and SAP - Customer Information Center Read More...
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If you use SQL Server on Windows XP, some of the changes that are incorported in XP SP2 are going to affect the installation of SQL Server. A kb article can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;841249 . It outlines how to Read More...
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By the way of the SQLExpress blog , Beta 2 of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is just out. and you can get it at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/sql/ . Before upgrading please follow all the steps listed on the download page or at http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2004/07/21/190738.aspx Read More...
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I was going to post some screenshots of the tool, but I see that Stephen McGibbon has done the honors. You can find the screenshots on Stephen's blog Also, while going walkabout on the web, I have just noticed that there is a number of web casts other Read More...
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I have been having a look around and there is a few Webcasts out there for SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer. As I find them, I will update this posting. Todate I have found the following: - MSDN TV - SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer Read More...
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With such a huge push in the industry to consolidate "tin" (aka servers), you have a number of options available to you, when consolidating SQL Server instances. You can go single instance or muti instance, orthogonal to this is whether 32bit or 64bit Read More...
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