July 2004 - Posts
I'm sure that there are going to be a lot of things that I find very cool about the Xml support in SQL Server 2005. But here is one for today: Create a new for xml query of any type (try select * from Person.Contact for xml auto, root('Persons') in the
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I ran into while using DTS in SQL Server 2005. If you want to use an ODBC connection you have to do the following: Pretend to create a ADO.Net SQL connection first (or managed OLEDB, whatever works). Select the connection in the connections tray and manually:
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I got my copy of Mike Gunerloy 's book Coder to Developer yesterday. I read the first two chapters this morning and really enjoyed them. As a developer who primarily works on his own the book is a perfect fit. I still have a lot more to read but I would
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[via email] We are pleased to inform you that we have just released ComponentArt Web.UI 2.0 Beta, a significant upgrade to our ASP.NET user interface product line. ComponentArt Web.UI 2.0 Includes: - Brand-new Menu control; - Brand-new NavBar control;
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Pretty interesting hello world example using SQL Server 2005 Service Broker. I'm definately going to dig into this product as I can see some good usage senarios that will leverage my existing SQL skills.
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[via MSDN SQL Server Developer Center ] If you are an MSDN Subscriber, SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 is now available for you to download. Click here for a link to the subscriber downloads site. Go get it ! Update: More SQL Server 2005 stuff can be found here
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Another good question in response to my Custom Code in Report Services article . I am trying to access a database through a custom assembly and I already have the following in the rssrvpolicy.config file , but I still get the #Error. [snip] Do I need
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In response to a question posted in the comments of my last article I've created a Writing Custom Code Part II article. In this article I explain the basic of how to use instance based custom code in SQL Server Reporting Services.
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I just published a short introductory article about Writing Custom Code in Reporting Services .
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Is GDN the worlds slowest website or is it just me? If you were Microsoft, wouldn't you want to at least put a bandaid on it? Sheesh. I'm digging into FABRIQ and wanted to ask a couple of questions about it so I figured I would hit the workspace. However,
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If you aren't using the WSE 2.0 stuff yet then I would recommend walking through this article: Web Service Messaging with Web Services Enhancements 2.0 I hadn't explored the WSE stuff until I read this article which provides a nice walkthrough if you
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Just read Scott's post about how useful the using statement is . I agree 100%. I remember when I “discovered” the using statement and realized how much simplier it makes things. I'm happy to point out that XmlWriters and XmlReaders will support
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via Early Adopter It just showed up on MSDN subscriber downloads. Downloading.... Update: Installing... :) Update: Running! Just opened my first beta 1 web project.
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Well with all the new express products just waiting to be tried I figured I would fire up my Virtual Server 2005 and create some new instances of Windows XP to test them out. However, whenever I tried to get into the Virtual Server 2005 administration
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Scoble just posted that MSN Search has improved . I do like how it looks and it seems to work great. However, I don't see any compelling reason to type search.msn.com (vs. google.com) or to uninstall the Google toolbar and install the MSN Search toolbar.
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