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Breaking News! AdventureWorks abandoned for Katmai in favor of Northwind, pubs and...
In a striking change of direction, I'm happy to announce that AdventureWorks is being deprecated and abandoned for SQL Server 2008 samples in favor of long-time favorite databases of simple-minded data modelers: Northwind and pubs. Also, I can gleefully Read More...
Posted 01 April 08 03:01 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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How do I use Feature X in SQL Server?
Buck's got a great point about how SQL Server's development themes are managed from the top down: It isn't a matter of thinking up single features or changes to the product, it's a cohesive direction we all want to go. Carpe Datum : Why on earth are you Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 01:20 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Hi, Mom! (And everybody else.)
"So, what do you do?" It's a common enough question, right? Usually immediately subsequent to "Where do you work?" People ask it to break the ice. They ask it because they're interested. They ask it because they can't believe somebody Read More...
Posted 25 January 08 12:06 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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FILESTREAM, Windows Vista and you.
I won't complain about yet-another-configuration-stored-procedure, since I hold out hope that managing FILESTREAM's status at the server level will be rolled into sp_configure or DDL before RTM... but this is me not holding my breath. *sigh* Anyway, if Read More...
Posted 22 January 08 11:16 by reedme | 2 Comments   
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Belated happy annibirthary, SQL Server.
I always seem to miss birthdays and anniversaries. *sigh* Not sure whether to call this one a birthday or an anniversary. Maybe the anniversary of prenatal announcement? Or was this back when nobody announced a product until it was done. (Did that ever Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 09:02 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Big brother (or SkyNet) is coming... to a PC near you.
I loved the book 1984 , even though it was almost 1984 by the time I read it. The fact that the date was around the corner and technology wasn't anywhere close kind of took the punch out of the story. I guess it didn't scare me the way it scared "previous Read More...
Posted 16 January 08 05:18 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Sun makes database play! Is MySQL worth $1B?
Now don't that take the rag off'n the bush? Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to buy open-source software maker MySQL AB for $1 billion, and said its fiscal second-quarter net income nearly doubled on boosted margins, according to preliminary results. Read More...
Posted 16 January 08 09:12 by reedme | 2 Comments   
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Will the RML Utilities will catch up to 2008 soon?
Inquiring minds want to know... RML Utilities for Microsoft SQL Server Released RML Utilities for Microsoft SQL Server Released (PSS SQL Server Engineers) Support for 2000 and 2005 only so far. Sorry! At least we've got both x86 and x64 versions, though Read More...
Posted 15 January 08 09:42 by reedme | 0 Comments   
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Nominate your SQL Server wins for the 2008 TDWI Best Practices Awards!
Vote early and often for your favorite implementations on your favorite platform! (Hint: your favorite platform is SQL Server.) Have you completed a data warehouse or business intelligence implementation that you think other organizations could learn Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 10:11 by reedme | 2 Comments   
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Want free SQL Server 2008 e-learning?
I've been out of pocket for almost a month now, but I'm catching up on email (while all 6GB of Visual Studio 2008 Team System install on my shiny new PC). I'm sure others have blogged it, but in case you missed it and you, too, still want free SQL Server Read More...
Posted 03 January 08 06:09 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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