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SQL Server 2005 SP2: Released, and Vista-ready

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released yesterday, and I've just downloaded and installed the Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2 onto my Vista PC. Smooth sailing all the way, and no compatibility warnings. Hooray! Here's a link to SQL Server Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:42 PM by robburke | 4 Comments

SQL Server Management Studio Tip: Show Execution Plan

If you're looking to better understand what's happening under the hood when you execute a query against SQL Server 2005, here's a really cool feature of SQL Server Management Studio (and SQL Server Management Studio Express) that I only just discovered: Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 7:33 PM by robburke | 3 Comments

Upcoming Dublin Event: 'A Day of Connected Systems'

What do the Windows Communication Framework (WCF), BizTalk 2006 and SQL Server Service Broker have in common? They’re three strategic Microsoft technologies that offer developers opportunities to build applications that tightly link together users in Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:05 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

Develop, Design, Deploy

Over the holidays, I built a data-driven website for a family member. It gave me a chance to explore some new Microsoft web technologies and tools hands-on. Here's how I developed, designed, and deployed the site: Develop: using ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Read More...
Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 1:13 PM by robburke | 4 Comments

Back in action

There wasn't a whole of blogging (or snowing) going on while I was visiting family and friends back in Canada last week. The sunsets , however, were gorgeous! I'm back in action today, knee-deep in the e-mail. Events: I've had a few people mail me asking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:21 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals - Released

A very impressive addition to the Visual Studio Team System has been released for database professionals - and I've been neglecting to write about it! Team Edition for Database Professionals is designed to manage database change, improve software quality Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:17 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition - lightweight, free, flexible datastore - available as Release Candidate 1

I'm hanging out at the Visual Studio booth in the Ask the Expert area at Tech Ed Europe: Developers. I took a swing around the Ask the Experts area to see what's going on, and to meet some of the folks from the product teams. I met two guys from the SQL Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:32 AM by robburke | 9 Comments

SQL Server 2005 - scripting your database for moving to your hoster - Hosting Toolkit

I've written before about how to ease the challenge of scripting your data to move it from a local SQL Server 2005 .mdf database to a hoster. Things got a little easier today with the SQL Server Hosting Toolkit , which, in its first incarnation, is a Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:29 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

Students ask the most interesting things

Last Wednesday I gave a presentation to SkyNet , the University of Limerick Computer Society. About 30 undergrad and graduate students turned up for Atlas, Vista and pizza, in that order. What I showed them was basically a riff on my ASP.NET "Atlas" presentation Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:13 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

Top Tips for free Microsoft support and training resources

Clare asked Dave and me to reveal some hidden gems that are available from Microsoft for technical support and learning. This was our list of the shiniest gems that we find devs and IT pros don't always know about. I also posted the Best of the Rest as Read More...
Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 11:39 AM by robburke | 5 Comments

Dave and Rob's Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources (and the Best of the Rest!)

Dave and Rob ’s Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources 1. MSDN Forums – http://forums.msdn.com Looking for answers to your toughest technical questions? The MSDN forums are regularly visited by members of the product teams, MVPs, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:57 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals - CTP available for download

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is a suite of tools designed to help database professionals take control of change, automate database testing, and improve collaboration and communication. The data dudes at The Register had some nice Read More...
Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 4:26 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

XNA is based on the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 - so what's new in the world of mobility?

I'm still chomping at the bit for the XNA Framework and XNA Studio, which will allow .NET developers to write code that targets both Windows and the Xbox 360. Here are some XNA Studio resources: the XNA Developer Center , XNA FAQ , XNA Game Studio Express Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:14 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Cork Event, Monday 19 June: SQL Server 2005 @ MTUG Cork

MTUG Cork Presents : SQL Server 2005 - What's New in the Database Storage Engine When: Monday, 19th June, 7pm. Reception to follow. Where: Imperial Hotel, Whitechurch Suite , South Mall, Cork Speaker: Niall Flanagan, AIB Distributed Database Group Cost: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:17 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition - lightweight, flexible, free datastore

SQL Server 2005's Express Edition is free, it supports database sizes up to 4GB, it allows seamless upgrades to other SQL Server editions, and it's deeply integrated into Visual Studio. What more could you possibly ask for? Well, sometimes SQL Express Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:25 AM by robburke | 4 Comments
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