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It was about time

If you visited recently the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 homepage yoou may have noticed that it finally has a new logo: It looks very nice in my humble opinion. If you want to give feedback about it you can do it on Wesley's blog EXEC dbo.LongTermMemory__Archive Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:20 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments

Weekend reading - Tabular Data Stream Protocol Specification

The Specification for TDS protocol is no longer secret. You can read about it on the MSDN site: [MS-TDS]: Tabular Data Stream Protocol Specification or download the PDF version of the documentation (use Save Target As). There are just 124 pages Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 1, 2008 12:03 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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I am a SQL Champ :)

You can be one too: [quote] SQL Champ - Quiz software architects invites you to prove your knowledge about certain subjects concerning Microsoft .NET technology by participating in a monthly quiz. This month the quiz is about SQL Server. [/quote] You Read More...
Posted Friday, May 2, 2008 12:41 PM by xmldeveloper | 2 Comments

Codeproject MatrixDB - The untold story

First I will start by saying that the Microsoft has no official position regarding the project codenamed MatrixDB. Everyone from Microsoft you will ask unofficially or officially about this project has the same answer: “I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING!”. So, the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:03 PM by xmldeveloper | 1 Comments
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Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Greg Low

Greg is an internationally recognised consultant, developer and trainer. He has been working in development since 1978, with SQL Server since version 4.2, holds a PhD in Computer Science and a host of Microsoft certifications. Greg is a mentor with Solid Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:56 PM by xmldeveloper | 1 Comments
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Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Chris Webb

Chris Webb is a Solid Quality Mentors Associate Mentor who has been working with the Microsoft Business Intelligence toolset since 1998. His main focus is Analysis Services - complex MDX queries and calculations are his particular interest - although Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:44 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments

Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Marco Russo (SQL BI)

Marco Russo is a consultant, writer and trainer specialized in Business Intelligence with Microsoft technologies. He runs the SQLBI.EU website, which is dedicated to distribute resources useful for BI developers, like Integration Services components, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:56 AM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments

Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Remus Rusanu

Remus is a database consultant for SQL Server projects and he is specializing in data transfer, batch processing and workflow programming using Service Broker. He is the moderator of the Service Broker forum on MSDN and answers frequently SQL Server questions Read More...
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 6:38 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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Dies ist meine

I don't know German but according to http://www.freetranslation.com "Dies ist meine" is translated as "This is mine". So in the May edition of SQL Server Magazine the supplement named SQL Server 2008 - Pocket Guide is written by yours truly. Due to some Read More...
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 12:41 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments

Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Bob Ward

The European PASS Conference is over. One of the best speakers this year (in my opinion the best one) was Bob Ward. I attended both his sessions at PASS Europe and if they were the only sessions at this conference it would be enough to justify my travel Read More...
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 1:36 AM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes

Ok, another personal post - you know the rule - don't care don't read. 15 minutes of fame? That was the 1968 phrase of the american artist Andy Warhol . I guess that now it's my turn. I can hear some of my readers thinking, yeah, yeah - keep bragging. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 8, 2008 3:59 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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SQL Hero - David Reed Interview

I’ve been asked on first of April if the SQL Hero contest is real or not. Just because the guy that asked me saw a post on a blog that day it doesn't mean that it's a joke. It is as serious as it can be. To clear this out I abused the kindness of David Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 3, 2008 7:58 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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TechNet Magazine - April 2008 - In Focus SQL Server 2008

TechNet Magazine - April 2008 - In Focus SQL Server 2008 just read it What's New SQL Server 2008 - Security New Data Types Data Warehouse Query Performance SQL Server 2008 - Minimize Blocking in SQL Server Microsoft Office: Integrating Access Databases Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008 11:42 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2008 February CTP - Public Webchat - Comments

Been there, asked and I got answers. Some of my questions during the CTP 6 Public Chat were the following: Bill Ramos[MSFT] (Expert): Q: I noticed that CTP6 allows using custom traces for the Generic SQL Trace Collector Type (correct me if I am wrong), Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:21 AM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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IN MEMORIAM

Disclaimer: This is a personal blog post therefore you may skip it. Introduction To use George Michael words: "It was the third of September / That day I'll always remember, yes I will / 'cause that was the day that my daddy died" For me it wasn't third Read More...
Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 1:17 PM by xmldeveloper | 0 Comments
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