After going on holidays, feeling relaxed and generally not doing much tech related stuff, I have fallen behind in a number of things. One was my inbox, something like 1400+ messages I have had to wade through, and they keep coming. However, the other is the podcasts. Wally has been producing some podcasts...

On a current project I was interested in using VSTS for Database professionals to see if it could add any value with database management. Traditionally its been a very manual process as Visual Studio has not had any real support for it. I also knew that Nick Weinholt is due to present at SDNUG on the...

I'll be speaking at the San Diego .NET User Group on 11/28 : Jon has been putting some new and lesser used features in SQL Server to work to solve some tough business problems lately. He will review SQL Server Management Objects (SMO), INFORMATION_SCHEMA queries, and some of the T-SQL language enhancements;...

If you've ever had to execute one or more SQL scripts from ADO.NET, you've likely run into the GO batch terminator issue. Any SQL script that does anything worthwhile has more than one batch, separated by a GO terminator. The problem is that "GO" isn't valid T-SQL, it's just...

When I was putting together the Data Dictionary Creator program, I needed to allow users to input a connection string. A lot of winform applications that require data connections give you a textbox and tell you to figure it out yourself, but I really wanted to show a prompt that let you test your connections...

Recovered from DotNetJunkies blog -- Originally Posted: Saturday, February 17, 2007 Wanted to drop a quick post for two reasons: 1) To prove I have not died, been abducted by aliens, or been confined to a room with soft, cushy walls and a nerf PC for my own "protection". 2) To give a plug for someone...