RoSQL Newsletter 24-12-2007
============================================================
English Version follows:
In acest numar:
1. La sfarsit de an
2. Nou in domeniul SQL Server
3. Culminis - The Voice survey
4. Stop Spam
1. La sfarsit de an
La sfarsit de an vrem sa va multumim ca ne-ati fost alaturi, sa va uram un Craciun Fericit si un An Nou plin de impliniri, bucurii, sanatate si tot ce va doriti.
Daca nu ati ajuns la ultima intalnire a grupului puteti gasi poze de la eveniment precum si felicitarea destinata si dumneavoastra la acest URL:
http://sqlserver.ro/blogs/cristians_blog/archive/2007/12/15/the-story-of-an-event-2007-12-15.aspx
Un sumar al anului 2007 poate fi citit la adresa:
http://sqlserver.ro/blogs/cristians_blog/archive/2007/12/21/summary-2007.aspx
2. Nou in domeniul SQL Server
In domeniul SQL Server vrem sa va sugeram urmatoarele resurse:
RML Utilities for SQL Server (x86) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7EDFA95A-A32F-440F-A3A8-5160C8DBE926&displaylang=en
RML Utilities for SQL Server (x64) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B60CDFA3-732E-4347-9C06-2D1F1F84C342&displaylang=en
SQL Server 2008 - Test Drive - http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/TestDrive/sql-server-2008/default.mspx
3. Culminis - The Voice survey
Va reamintim ca RoSQL este afiliata la Culminis. Unul din beneficiile Culminis este revista The Voice (http://thevoice.culminis.com/default.aspx).
Pentru a imbunatati calitatea acestei reviste, Culminis va solicita ajutorul folosind urmatorul sondaj: http://survey.culminis.com/takeSurvey.asp?surveyID=62 (nu dureaza mai mult de 1 minut).
Va multumim. Sondajul este deshis pana pe 3 Ianuarie 2008 ora 20:00 Eastern Time.
4. Stop Spam
La inceputul lunii Decembrie aveam 1500 de membri. Poate ati observat o reducere a numarului de membrii la 1100.
Asta pentru ca am facut un pic de curatenie in baza de date. Daca ati fost nevoit sa va refaceti contul, ne cerem scuze.
Am adaugat in pagina de inregistare un control CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) pentru a opri inregistrarile automate.
La sfarsitul lunii Ianuarie 2008 va urma o noua sortare a membrilor.
Pentru a ne usura diferentierea conturilor create automat va rugam sa vizitati site-ul http://sqlserver.ro/ macar o data.
Unul din criteriile folosite de noi este compararea datei de inregistrare cu data ultimei vizite.
Va multumim.
Pentru sugestii sau comentarii privind buletinul comunitatii RoSQL folositi forumul dedicat http://sqlserver.ro/ sau adresa de email nospam_CristianLefter@hotmail.com
Puteti sa va dezabonati la acest buletin folosind adresa:
http://sqlserver.ro/CS/user/EditProfile.aspx?ReturnUrl=/cs/Default.aspx
============================================================
English Version
In this issue:
1. At the end of the year
2. What's new for SQL Server
3. Culminis - The Voice survey
4. Stop Spam
1. At the end of the year
At the end of the year we want to thank you for helping us, to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
If you didn't make it to the last meeting of the group you can see pictures from the event and the postcard for you by following this link:
http://sqlserver.ro/blogs/cristians_blog/archive/2007/12/15/the-story-of-an-event-2007-12-15.aspx
You can also read a summary for 2007:
http://sqlserver.ro/blogs/cristians_blog/archive/2007/12/21/summary-2007.aspx
2. What's new for SQL Server
There are plenty of new resources for SQL Server but we want to suggest you just two:
RML Utilities for SQL Server (x86) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7EDFA95A-A32F-440F-A3A8-5160C8DBE926&displaylang=en
RML Utilities for SQL Server (x64) – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B60CDFA3-732E-4347-9C06-2D1F1F84C342&displaylang=en
SQL Server 2008 - Test Drive - http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/TestDrive/sql-server-2008/default.mspx
3. Culminis - The Voice survey
We remind you that ROSQL is affiliated to Culminis. One of the benefits of Culminis is The Voice magazine (http://thevoice.culminis.com/default.aspx).
To improve it Culminis kindly asks you to fill out the next short survey: http://survey.culminis.com/takeSurvey.asp?surveyID=62 (It won’t take more than one minute).
Thank you. The survey is available until January 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 PM Eastern time.
4. STOP SPAM
At the beginning of December we had 1500. There are 1100 members now.
That's because we did a little house-cleaning.
If you had to re-create your account we apologize.
We added in the registration page a CAPTCHA control (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) to stop automatic registrations.
At the end of January 2008 we will clean our database again.
To makes things easier for us, please login to the site once.
One criteria used for cleaning the database is comparing the registration date with the last visit date.
Thank you!
You can unsubscribe using the next link:
http://sqlserver.ro/CS/user/EditProfile.aspx?ReturnUrl=/cs/Default.aspx
Cristian Andrei Lefter, SQL Server MVP
MCT, MCSA, MCDBA, MCAD, MCSD .NET,
MCTS, MCITP - Database Administrator SQL Server 2005
http://sqlserver.ro